RPC I, 1781

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1781
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 ΒΥΖΑΝ[ΤΙΩ]Ν
Edition Βυζαντίων
Translation of the Byzantines
Reverse design prow, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.05 g
Axis 6, 9
Reference Sch 1313–14
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note Probably same obv. die (pace Sch).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 8491
2 2     see Sch
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 204, 11 Feb. 2009, lot 55
4 4     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 97