RPC I, 1722

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1722
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Uncertain mint of Thrace
Reign Rhoemetalkes III
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Caligula (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ
Edition Γαίῳ Καίσαρι Γερμανι(κῷ)
Translation to Gaius Caesar Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, left
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΡΟΙΜΗΤΑΛΚΑΣ ΚΟΤΙΩΣ
Edition βασιλεὺς Ροιμητάλκας Κοτιως
Translation King Rhoemetalkes, (son) of Cotys
Reverse design Caligula in toga seated on throne, left, giving diadem (?) to Rhoemetalces III standing in front of him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.09 g
Axis 4, 6, 12
Reference Youroukova 212–13, pl. XXV-XXVI
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 1303
2 2     Sofia: 6809
3 3     L BMC 1
4 4     MM 41/1970, 320
5 5     Finarte asta 995 [Fontana] (27.11.1996), lot 765
6 6     Yale ex PRF
7 7     CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 445
8 8     J. Aiello coll.
9 9     B: 18212616
10 10     ✸ B: 18212618
11 11     Naumann 70, 7 Oct. 2018, lot 207