RPC I, 1780

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1780
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΥ
Edition Γαΐου Καίσαρος Γερμανικοῦ
Translation of Gaius Caesar Germanicus
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, left
Reverse inscription ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition Βυζαντίων
Translation of the Byzantines
Reverse design two tunny fish
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 4.34 g
Axis 12
Reference Sch 1309–12
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note Two obv. dies. The Ζ is sometimes reversed.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 11f
2 2 –5     see Sch
6 6     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 39, 3 Jan. 2016, lot 478
7 7     ✸ CGT coll.