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RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 60

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 37–AD 38

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Drachma in silver struck at Caesarea in Cappadocia under Gaius/Caligula, AD 37–AD 38, catalogued as RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 60. Obverse: Head of Germanicus, bare, right, with beard.

Reverse: Head of Augustus, radiate, left. Obverse legend: GERMANICVS CAES TI AVGV COS II ��M. Reverse legend: DIVVS AVGVSTVS.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Gaius, nicknamed Caligula, became the third Roman emperor in AD 37 upon the death of Tiberius. He was the son of the celebrated general Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, a granddaughter of the first emperor Augustus. Germanicus had campaigned extensively in Germania before dying in Antioch in AD 19. Caesarea in Cappadocia served as the historical capital of the region, where this drachma was minted during the early period of Caligula's reign.

Physical characteristics

Material
Silver
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
Drachma

Technical characteristics

Mint
Caesarea in Cappadocia
Issuing authority
Gaius/Caligula

Design

Obverse type
Head of Germanicus, bare, right, with beard
Reverse type
Head of Augustus, radiate, left
Obverse legend
GERMANICVS CAES TI AVGV COS II ��M
Reverse legend
DIVVS AVGVSTVS

Identification

How to identify
RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).gai.60
Catalogue reference
RIC I (second edition) Gaius/Caligula 60
Type corpus identifier
ric.1(2).gai.60
Source note
The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.

Documentation checklist

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Catalogue references

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