AE dupondius, Germanicus Julius Caesar

Rev. Germanicus in military dress, standing in quadriga, holding an eagle-tipped sceptre (aquila), SIGNIS RECEPT DEVICTIS GERM. S. C. The coin alludes to the triumph of May 26 AD 17, and the recovery of the standards lost by Varus in AD 9. Issued by Caligula. Obv. Germanicus in triumphal quadriga, GERMANICVS CAESAR.