RPC I, 141

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 141
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Acci
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Obverse inscription C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS P P
Edition G(aius) Caesar Aug(ustus) Germanicus P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, father of the fatherland
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL GEM ACCI
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Gem(ella) Acci(tana)
Translation the Julian twin colony Acci
Reverse design inscription within wreath
Metal bronze
Average weight 19.50 g
Reference Vives 166–11, Chaves 143–55, GMI 1031
Specimens 31 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 19: same pair of dies. 1–2, 19: same obv. die.
Note For metal analysis, see Chaves, p. 147. The coin that ACIP 3009 has used to illustrate the va- riant without P P is in fact a specimen minted from a die with P P (cf.: 141/28)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Calicó 6/1979, 20
2 2     N: 120
3 3     P: 714
4 4 –16     Chaves 143–55
17 17     B: Löbb.
18 18     B: Fox
19 19     ✸ L: 1341
20 20     L: 1342
21 21     IVDJ: 2853
22 22     IVDJ: 2854
23 23     IVDJ: 2855
24 24     NY: HSA 57.5515
25 25     Ba: 43475
26 26     Madrid: 7743
27 27     Áureo 3–4 Dec. 2013, lot 1256 = Áureo & Calicó 264, 11/12/2014, lot 2473
28 28     Jesus Vico S.A., 10 Nov. 2011, lot 3004
29 29     Martí Hervera & Soler y Llach 2 July 2015, lot 79
30 30     Cores coll. 4356
31 31     Jesus Vico S.A. 132, 14 Nov. 2012, lot 501