The Rise of the Praetorian Guard
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Ad Locutio Coins
Caligua ges, you have one. It's a brass sosterciuss but its ebi about the size of two p magnified by two. And it has a man in a toga standing on a rostrum, addressing a group of troops with standards and his arm is raised. What that means is basically to the call to arms. So these ad locutio coins are very collectable. On the other side, they have a magnificent portrait of a young caligula. Now, the coins of claudius, who comes after caliga eurapse, write, they have this interesting they have this cranelated wall and buildings inside. But then
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