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Contributor: Teresa Darling.

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Issuer:GERMANICUS, adopted son of Tiberius, husband of Agrippina senior, father of Caligula. As (Bronze 9.9 grams, 27.74 mm), struck by Caligula.
Obverse:GERMANICVS CAESAR TI. AVGVST. F. DIVI AVG. N., his bare head left.
Reverse:C. CAESAR AVG. GERMANICVS PON. M. TR. POT., around large S. C
Reference:RIC 35 (Gaius); Sear 600.
Comments: For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Germanicus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.


Contributor: Walter C. Holt.

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Issuer:AGRIPPINA SENIOR, wife of Germanicus, mother of Caligula. AE Sestertius.
Obverse:AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, head of Agrippina right.
Reverse:TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM PM TRP IMP PP around large S C.
Reference:RIC 102 (Claudius); BMC 219; Sear 606
Comments:For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on the Agrippinas see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.

Contributor: Walter C. Holt.

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Issuer:AGRIPPINA SENIOR, wife of Germanicus, mother of Caligula. AE Sestertius.
Obverse:AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI [CAESARIS], head of Agrippina right.
Reverse:[TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM PM TRP IMP PP] around large S C, countermarked NCAPR by Nero 54-68
Reference:RIC 102 (Claudius); BMC 219; Sear 606
Comments: For more information, read the "Gaius (Caligula)" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on the Agrippinas see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.


Contributor: Christian Ziehe.

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Issuer:GERMANICUS, adopted son of Tiberius, husband of Agrippina senior, father of Caligula. AE As, 29 mm diameter, struck by Claudius.
Obverse:Bust to right, GERMANICVS CAESAR TI. AVG. F. DIVI AVG. N.
Reverse:Large S. C., TI. CLADIVS CAESAR AVG. GERM. P. M. TR. P. IMP. P. P.
Reference:RIC 106 (Claudius). Grade: aVF.
Comments:For more information, read the "Claudius" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Germanicus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.

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