Registered: March 2006 Location: Oroville, Ca. Posts: 99 users gallery
Struck by Caligula 37-41 A.D. in honor of his late father, Germanicus.
Obv: GERMANICUS CAESAR Germanicus carrying scepter in triumphal Quadriga to right
Rev: SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM SC Germanicus in curaiss walking left, bearing recovered military standard
The obverse of this coin likely depicts Germanicus' military triumph, an event that must have made quite an impression on young Caligula. The reverse depicts Germanicus (or a statue dedicated to him) walking left, bearing one of two standards that he recovered from Germanic tribes which were taken from General Varus in 9 A.D.
Registered: February 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,047
December 3, 2007 8:41pm
Missed this when originally posted.
Very attractive coin and great historical relevance.
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AlexB Registered User
Registered: January 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 571
December 4, 2007 4:23am
Rating: 10
Hello Mark
'Historical relevance'..... are the Italians invading Germany right now ?
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4to2centophilia Registered User
Registered: February 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,047
December 6, 2007 12:23pm
Funny boy.
Historically relevant to the period.
I wish the Italians would invade Germany. It would guarantee me a good dinner the next time I visited.
------------------------------ . . "When you are in Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere" St. Ambrose (340-397) to St. Augustine."
AlexB Registered User
Registered: January 2006 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 571
December 7, 2007 5:36pm
Historically important then?
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