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Æ20 - Caligula Aezani
| Issuer | Aezani |
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| Year | 37-41 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of Emperor Caligula (Gaius Caesar) facing right, with finely rendered facial features in the Julio-Claudian portrait tradition. The effigy displays a short neck truncation and is set within an open field. The Greek legend encircles the portrait, reading ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ. The flan is slightly irregular and the die work reflects provincial Greek engraving of the early Imperial period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Aezani, a Phrygian city whose prosperity rested heavily on its sanctuary of Zeus, was among the communities that issued bronze coinage in Caligula's name during his short reign. RPC I 3079 is a civic bronze — locally produced, locally circulated, and entirely dependent on municipal initiative rather than imperial directive. The city had strong reasons to advertise loyalty; Phrygia's elite were deeply invested in the imperial cult network, and a new emperor meant a new round of honorific positioning.
Caligula was dead by January 41, giving this type a production window of under four years.