RPC I, 2473

 

Image of specimen #28

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2473
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Aviola (proconsul) ; Menophanes (without title)
Dating c.AD 37/8
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ƐΠΙ ΑΟΥ(Ι)ΟΛΑ
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, r.
Reverse inscription ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙWΝ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΗϹ
Reverse design Nike, r., with palm and wreath
Metal Brass
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 1
Reference Klose XXVII A
Specimens 30 (1 in the core collections)
Note 6 obv. and 14 rev. dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 277
2 2 –27     see Klose
28 28     ✸ J. Clark coll.
29 29     Naumann 64, 1 Apr. 2018, lot 292
30 30     Freiburg: 257