RPC I, 1725

 

Image of specimen #6

 

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

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