RPC I, 2564

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2564
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nicaea Cilbianorum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Magistrate Aratos (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΣ ΛΕΥΚΙΟΣ
Edition Γάϊος Λεύκιος
Translation Gaius, Lucius
Obverse design jugate heads of Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΑΤΟΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ ΚΙΛΒΙΑΝΩΝ ΝΕΙΚΑΙΑΣ
Edition Ἄρατος γραμματεύς Κιλβιανῶν Νεικαίας
Translation Aratos, secretary, of the Cilbiani of Nicaea
Reverse design Demos standing, left, with arm outstretched
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.48 g
Axis 12
Reference NZ 1888, 9, no. 8
Specimens 17 (10 in the core collections)
Note Hochard 202-3 reports the variants ΝΕΙΚΑΙΑΝ (Lindgren 719) and ΝΕΙΚΕΙΑΣ (various), but these are not clear.

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