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LOT 3309
Estimate
GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 160
USD ($) 130 - 190
(1 Bid, Reserve met)
Germanicus AE Dupondius. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. Rome mint. Commemorating the triumph of Germanicus over the Germans.
GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus, bare-headed, draped and holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins, driving triumphal quadriga to right; chariot decorated with figure of Victory advancing to right / SIGNIS RECEP[T] DEVICTIS GERM ('standards recovered from the defeated Germans'), Germanicus, bare-headed, wearing cuirass and short tunic, standing to left, cradling aquila, and extending right hand in gesture of command; large S C across lower fields. RIC I 57 (Gaius); BMCRE 93-100 (Caligula). 14.85gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
FOOTNOTES:
The reverse inscription SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM[ANIS] refers to the recovery of the aquilae in a grove where they had been buried by the barbarians and their return to Rome.
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