RPC I, 2014

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2014
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Apamea
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Drusus Caesar ; Nero Caesar
Person (rev.) Agrippina I ; Julia Drusilla ; Julia Minor
Obverse inscription DRVSVS NERO CAESARES D D (retrograde)
Obverse design heads of Nero Ceasar and Drusus Caesar, face to face
Reverse inscription AGRIPPINA DIVA DRVSILLA IVLIA, C I C (in exergue)
Reverse design Caligula's three sisters standing facing; Agrippina holds cornucopia in right, resting on column with left, on shoulder of Drusilla, who holds patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; Julia holds rudder with right and cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Reference Rec 252, n.2
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 217
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Lanz stock 1990
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 125, 13 Oct. 2003, lot 310 = Lanz 112, 25–26 Nov. 2002, lot 317 = Rauch 73, 17 May 2004, lot 445
5 5     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 331