Bronze, 18.5 mm, 5.17 gm.
Obv: ΓAION KAICAPA CEBAOTON
Radiate head of Caligula to right.
Rev. ΓEPMANIKON KAI AΓPIΠΠINAN / A/M / A/ΠO C/IΠ Germanicus, on left, standing holding patera, and Agrippina (as Demeter), on right, standing, holding grain ears and scepter.
Gaius was the youngest son of the immensely popular Germanicus. Gaius (Caligula) succeeded Tiberius who had adopted him at Capri. Caligula at first well received proved to be a disturbed and brutal megalomaniac and was soon murdered.
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