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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 7972085, member: 42773"]As a matter of fact, he was born with the name Julius Caesar. His father was Nero Claudius Drusus. <i>Germanicus</i> was appended to his <b>father's</b> name (posthumously) in 9 BC, in recognition of Drusus' earlier decisive victories in Germania, rather than the son's subsequent Pyrrhic victories. So Julius Caesar Germanicus gets his agnomen by virtue of his father's deeds, not his own.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently sold this coin on eBay, so it's no longer mine, but it's a fine example of the Restitution Issues of Titus...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1382915[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Germanicus, d. AD 19.</p><p>Restitution issue under Titus.</p><p>Ӕ As, 26mm, 8.5g, 6h; Rome, AD 80-81.</p><p>Obv.: GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVGVST F DIVI AVG N; Bare head of Germanicus left.</p><p>Rev.: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST, SC in field.</p><p>Reference: RIC II 442 (Titus)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 7972085, member: 42773"]As a matter of fact, he was born with the name Julius Caesar. His father was Nero Claudius Drusus. [I]Germanicus[/I] was appended to his [B]father's[/B] name (posthumously) in 9 BC, in recognition of Drusus' earlier decisive victories in Germania, rather than the son's subsequent Pyrrhic victories. So Julius Caesar Germanicus gets his agnomen by virtue of his father's deeds, not his own. I recently sold this coin on eBay, so it's no longer mine, but it's a fine example of the Restitution Issues of Titus... [ATTACH=full]1382915[/ATTACH] Germanicus, d. AD 19. Restitution issue under Titus. Ӕ As, 26mm, 8.5g, 6h; Rome, AD 80-81. Obv.: GERMANICVS CAESAR TI AVGVST F DIVI AVG N; Bare head of Germanicus left. Rev.: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST, SC in field. Reference: RIC II 442 (Titus)[/QUOTE]
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