[SunkenCiv]

[Verginius Rufus]

On St. Paul's voyage they "sailed under" Cyprus (Acts 27.4) which I suppose would mean along the southern coast--where this coin was found. Maybe one of St. Paul's fellow-passengers dropped this coin (I don't think he would be carrying a gold coin of the emperor.)

Philo Judaeus in his Embassy to Gaius gives a fascinating account of what it was like to meet Caligula in person.

[djf]

Ummm... lemmee guess...

It ended up in Cyprus because...

THE ROMANS WERE THERE!!

See?
Not that hard to figure out, but someone will spend a bazillion dollars to come to much the same conclusion.

(BTW, I dated one of those bra-less archaeologist type gals in college and I must confess digging for hidden things can be alot of fun...!!)

[Godebert]

From a comment at the article:

"The coin is not gold, it is an orichalchum (brass) sestertius of Caligula, a fairly scarce coin but in poor condition, always interesting but not really exciting."

Here is a brass sestertius coin of Caligula (the same type), in better condition:

[Beowulf9]

Did Caligula really have a killing machine? Btw, I did not see the movie, Caligula, but heard about this being it was in that movie.

I know he was bloodthirsty, but this seems a Hollywood fiction.

Couldn’t find it in Suetonius’s Gaius.

[DoodleDawg]

Juat in time for the EU to take 40%.