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Æ26 - Caligula GERMANICVS CAESAR DEC DEC C I C, AQ- (VL)
| Issuer | Apamea (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 37-41 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of the emperor Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) facing left, rendered in the portrait style typical of early Julio-Claudian provincial coinage. The laureate wreath is clearly articulated with individually modelled leaves. The circular legend surrounds the effigy, running from lower left around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Bare head of Germanicus Julius Caesar facing left, with naturalistically rendered hair, depicted in the idealised posthumous portrait convention common to Julio-Claudian provincial issues honouring the deified prince. The surrounding circular Latin legend, distributed around the field, records the colonial authority and the decurions' decree. The flan is irregular at the edges, consistent with hand-struck provincial bronze production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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