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As - Germanicus IMP D CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 81-82 |
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| Weight | 9.4 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Germanicus facing left, rendered in fine high relief with naturalistically curled hair. The portrait, struck posthumously under Domitian as part of a restitution series, displays the idealized features characteristic of early Julio-Claudian portraiture. A circular legend surrounds the effigy, reading GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N, contained within a beaded border. The field is smooth and unadorned, focusing full attention on the dignified bust. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Titus struck this restoration issue in the first year of his reign to honor his father Vespasian's memory — but the Germanicus as belongs to a broader restitution series that looked back even further, reviving types of Augustus, Agrippa, and other Julio-Claudian figures whose coinage had largely vanished from circulation. The program was less sentimental than it was practical: Flavian legitimacy rested on connecting the new dynasty to the prestige of Rome's founders.
Titus died in September 81, and Domitian continued the series — RIC II.1 828 falls under Domitian's attribution, making the precise issuing emperor a point of cataloger interest.