Drachm - Germanicus and Augustus DIVVS AVGVSTVS

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Caligula (Caius Augustus Germanicus) (37-41)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	37-38
Value	Drachm = 1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.8 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 247178
References	RIC I# 61 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.1(2).gai.61 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Germanicus, bare, right, with beard.

Script: Latin

Lettering: GERMANICVS C ES TI AVGV COS II Γ M

Unabridged legend: Germanicus Caesar Tiberius Augustus Consul Secundus.

Translation: Germanicus Caesar, emperor Tiberius, consul for the second time.

Reverse

Head of Augustus, radiate, left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIVVS AVGVSTVS

Unabridged legend: Divus Augustus.

Translation: Augustus, the divine.

Mint

Caesarea, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (37-38)

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