RPC I, 1725

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1725
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Uncertain mint of Thrace
Reign Rhoemetalkes III
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Issue Rhoemetalces III
Dating c. AD 38–46?
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ
Edition Γαΐῳ Καίσαρι
Translation to Gaius Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, left
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ (retrograde)
Edition βασιλεύς
Translation king
Reverse design Nike holding palm and wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.06 g
Axis 6
Reference Meshorer, Ancient Jewish Coinage 278, no. 2
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC Agrippa 21
2 2     J-MJA
3 3     PV
4 4     B: 18212625, I-B GM 770, no. 811
5 5     Gorny & Mosch 126, 14 Oct. 2003, lot 1659
6 6     ✸ Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 113
7 7     CGT coll.
8 8     Hirsch 319, 2 May 2016, lot 398