RPC I, 1027

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1027
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Lyttos
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Germanicus
Magistrate Augurinus
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΝ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ
Edition Γάϊον Καίσαρα Γερμανικὸν Σεβαστόν
Translation for Gaius Caesar Germanicus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΑ ΕΠΙ ΑΥΓΟΥ, ΧΡ, ΛΥΤ (behind)
Edition Γερμανικὸν Καίσαρα ἐπὶ Αὐγου(ρείνω) ΧΡ Λυτ(τίων)
Translation for Germanicus Caesar, under Augurinus, ΧΡ, of the Lyttians
Reverse design laureate head of Germanicus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.26 g
Axis 6
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)
Note The meaning of the chi-rho monogram is obscure:perhaps Chersonesos?
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0405.1171a
2 2     L: 1920,0805.1554 Fox
3 3     L: 1926,0116.557 Seager
4 4     L: 1947,0606.608 Cameron = NC 1949, pl. VII, 72
5 5     B: 12634
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 195, 10 Sept. 2008, lot 137