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Æ19 - Caligula ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ, ΜΑ ΑΠΟ ϹΙΠ(Υ)
| Issuer | City of Magnesia ad Sipylum (Conventus of Smyrna) |
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| Year | 37-41 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΝ (Translation: for Gaius Caesar Augustus) |
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| Mintage | ND (37-41) |
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Magnesia ad Sipylum issued this bronze during Caligula's reign, almost certainly as a loyalty gesture following his accession in 37 AD — the pairing of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder in the legend was a calculated appeal to the new emperor's dynastic sensitivities. Caligula had watched his father Germanicus die under suspicious circumstances in Syria in 19 AD and his mother Agrippina subsequently hounded into exile and starvation by Tiberius. Honoring them on civic coinage was a politically astute move by a Greek city navigating a new reign.
The Conventus of Smyrna was the administrative jurisdiction within which Magnesia ad Sipylum operated, and civic bronzes from its member cities in this period frequently reflect imperial family politics more than local tradition.