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RIC 35 of Germanicus

Germanicus, Æ as, struck under Caligula. GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVGVST F DIVI AVG N, bare head left / C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT around large SC. Cohen 1.

Lot No.1290.

$ 175.

Struck by Caligula in 37-38 AD.

Germanicus was the nephew of Tiberius and was a successful general in the campaigs in Germany. He was adopted by Tiberius in 4 AD, but died in Antioch in 19 AD, and it was his son Caligula who inherited the throne. All his coins were struck much later under Caligula and Claudius.