Roman coin used to advertise movie - Caligula (1979)

WillieBoyd2

This film is unusual in that it used a coin to advertise the film but
the coin did not appear in the film itself.

This 1979 film starred Malcolm McDowell as the young Emperor
It was produced by Bob Guccione of Penthouse Magazine.

Here's the coin used to advertise the film:

Some were actually manufactured and given to crew members.

Here's a real coin from Caligula:

A real Roman coin would not have had the name "Caligula" on it.
Caligula was a nickname for the Roman emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus
and he used variations of that name on his coins.

This coin is a bronze As
Inscription: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT
It is listed in the catalog Roman Imperial Coinage as number 38

1960NYGiants

Nice website. Now try to find the Hawaii 5-0 episode regarding one of the 1913 US nickels. I'm pretty sure the coin is shown near the end of the episode.

A correction for the two "large cents": the left coin is a Canadian cent from 1876 thru 1901 (the 1858 / 59 has the uncrowned braided hair portrait) the coin on the right looks like a New Brunswick or Nova Scotia large cent from 1861 - 1864.

WillieBoyd2

Thank you for the information on the Canada large cents in "The Devil and Daniel Webster".

"Hawaii 5-0" would be interesting, but...

The DVD I would really like to see would be one of the 1924 film "Greed" which displays
several early 20th century US gold pieces.

I saw the film on videotape and there were both liberty and indian head varieties shown.

lordmarcovan

Here's mine.




As to the Hawaii-5-0 episode w/ the 1913 Libnick, I have a DVD of it... somewhere.

ajaan

OMG!!!! A lordmarcovan siting.

IloiloKano

There was also a Perry Mason episode that featured Carson City silver dollars, where the finder was given $2 each, not knowing their value, and of course, a murder was involved. This was before the GSA found and sold a horde of CC Dollars in the 1970's.