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RIC 57 of Germanicus

Germanicus AE Dupondius struck by Caligula. GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus in quadriga right / SIGNIS RECEP DEVICTIS GERM S-C, Germanicus standing left with eagle-tipped scepter. Cohen 7.

Lot No.8043. VG.

$ 20.

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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.