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Drachm - Germanicus and Augustus DIVVS AVGVSTVS
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 37-38 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | DIVVS AVGVSTVS (Translation: The divine Augustus.) |
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Struck under Caligula in the first year of his reign, this drachm was part of a deliberate program of dynastic legitimation. By pairing his father Germanicus — never emperor, dead since 19 AD under circumstances Romans widely attributed to Tiberius — with the deified Augustus, Caligula positioned himself as heir to two lines of authority simultaneously. Germanicus had been wildly popular; his rehabilitation was politically useful and personally charged for Caligula, who had traveled with him on campaign as a child.
RIC I 61 is a Caesarean mint issue, struck in the east rather than Rome.