RPC I, 1171a


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	1171a
Province	Achaea
Region	Corinthia
City	Corinth
Reign	Tiberius
Person (rev.)	Caligula (Augustus) ; Tiberius Gemellus
Magistrate	Lucius Arrius Peregrinus (duovir) ; Lucius Furius Labeo (duovir)
Dating	AD 32–3 (?)
Obverse inscription	COR
Obverse design	Pegasus flying, r.
Reverse inscription	no legend or CAE GEM
Reverse design	busts, face to face, of Caligula and Tiberius Gemellus (?)
Metal	Æ
Average diameter	15 mm
Axis	10
Reference	BMC 508, Amandry XVI 64–5, p. 180
Specimens	6 (2 in the core collections)
Note	The heads on the rev. are identified as Germanicus and Tiberius 'Gemellus' by C.J. Howgego, NC, 1989, pp. 202-3. This would imply an earlier date for the issue, shortly before the death of Germanicus in AD 23.