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RIC 103 of Germanicus

Germanicus Æ As struck under Claudius. GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N, bare head right / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around S-C. BMC 218.

Lot No.2663. VF. 11.5 grams.

$ 550.

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.