Caligula?

I got this at the local shop today thinking it was agustus (thats what the car said it probably was) for 2.50 it still had an olive oil smell so I soaked in water and used a tooth brush on it. rinsed it and set it back in the water. The rev. looks like a seated figure, and when came back to to get it and saw -ERMAN- I can only see it well in the water. its pretty knarly and hard to get a good pic of

far right pic of the obv. is under water

 

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Could it possibly read Germanius I wonder, very hard to tell

 

cant say I'm 100% certain but robably not

heres a comparison of caligula ( ill post germanicus in a sec)

Gaius Caligula Æ As. Struck 37-8 AD. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left / VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre. Cohen 27.RIC 38 sear5 #1803

 

Germanicus AE AS
Germanicus AE As. Struck under Caligula, 39-40 AD. GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVGVST F DIVI AVG N, bare head left / C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG P M TR P III P P around large SC. Cohen 4 var.

RIC 43 (Caligula)

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Germanicus Germanicus Æ As struck under Claudius. GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N, bare head right / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around S-C

 

and just to add more description to the coin, the head pops out the same way as the As'es of caligula and of germaicus(the one minted under caligula) not sure if that means anything or not

 

It is Caligula. Only Nero or Claudius would have GERM in their obverse legend and a similar portrait. But neither of them have seated figures on the reverse.

 

Thanks ! I had doubts, didnt think I'd get lucky twice now i gotta worry about something bad happening