Caligula, Germanicus, and Agrippina I

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.

37 - 41 AD.

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.

Inv#: 8467

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