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A copper as of Gaius Caligula showing his grandfather Agrippa Coin Type: Copper as of Gaius, known as Caligula, 37-41 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 37-41 CE
Size and Weight: 27mm, 10.74g
Obverse: M AGRIPPA L F COS III
Head of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown.
Reverse: S C
Neptune standing left, right hand holding a dolphin, left hand holding a vertical trident behind.
Provenance: antiquarica (eBay), November 2008
Ref: RCV (2000) 1812; RIC I 58.
BW Ref: 002 039 134
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Note: The L F in the obverse legend stands for LVCII FILIVS, Son of Lucius.

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