Joe Geranio
03-23-2008, 12:02 AM
This is really a beautiful coin and I believe Caligulan coinage contributes great propaganda and art. The Adlocutio sestertius is one such wonderful example.
ADLOCUT[IO] COH[ORTIUM], a highly original type that shows the new emperor addressing a group of five soldiers (RIC 32f). This type presumably refers to the donative Caligula gave to the Praetorians on his ascension. The sestertius may have been struck as a commemorative and distributed among the soldiers. He was the first emperor to acknowledge a debt to the guards. Claudius after Caligula had similiar Aurei and denari that promoted his debt to the praetorian guard in the Praeter Recept series.
ADLOCUT[IO] COH[ORTIUM], a highly original type that shows the new emperor addressing a group of five soldiers (RIC 32f). This type presumably refers to the donative Caligula gave to the Praetorians on his ascension. The sestertius may have been struck as a commemorative and distributed among the soldiers. He was the first emperor to acknowledge a debt to the guards. Claudius after Caligula had similiar Aurei and denari that promoted his debt to the praetorian guard in the Praeter Recept series.