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Æ22 - Caligula CERM CAESAR DOSSENN PVLCHER IIVIR
| Issuer | Cnossus (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 37-41 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare or lightly laureate head of Caligula (Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) facing left, rendered in a naturalistic Julio-Claudian portrait style with short hair indicated by shallow engraving. The legend curves around the periphery of the flan, partially visible due to the irregular strike. The portrait displays a strong jaw and pronounced neck musculature consistent with imperial Roman provincial coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Laureate head of Germanicus Caesar facing right, rendered in a classical Julio-Claudian portrait style with a wreath of laurel leaves encircling the head. The effigy displays a draped bust and is set within a circular legend naming the local duovirs responsible for the issue. The reverse commemorates the deified Germanicus, honoured posthumously through this colonial bronze coinage struck at Cnossus under the reign of Caligula. |
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