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 Gaius Calpurnius Aviola (proconsul) ; Menophanes
Dating c. AD 37/8
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ΕΠΙ ΑΟΥ(Ι)ΟΛΑ
Edition Γάϊον Καίσαρα ἐπὶ Αὐιόλα
Translation for Gaius Caesar under Aviola
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΗϹ
Edition Ζμυρναίων Μηνοφάνης
Translation of the Smyrnaeans, Menophanes
Reverse design Nike advancing right, holding palm and wreath
Metal brass
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.36 g
Axis 1
Reference Klose XXVII A
Specimens 31 (1 in the core collections)
Note 6 obv. and 14 rev. dies.
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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
31 31     TMC coll. (ex N&N London Auction 39, 4 Nov. 2023, lot 414)