RPC I, 2899


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2899 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	I
Number	2899
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Cibyra
Region	Phrygia
City	Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign	Augustus
Person (obv.)	Gaius (Caesar)
Magistrate	Anto(nius) Polemon (philopatris)
Dating	c. 5 BC
Obverse inscription	ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Obverse design	bare head of Gaius Caesar, r.
Reverse inscription	ΑΝΤΩ ΠΟΛΕ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
Reverse design	eagle
Metal	Leaded bronze
Average diameter	15 mm
Average weight	2.85 g
Axis	1, 11, 12
Reference	BMC 158
Specimens	7
Note	This and 2900 are often wrongly attributed to Caligula.

Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	L	BMC 158	15	2.63	12	qualitative metal analysis on coin	Show
2	B: 18240980, I-B		16	2.78	12		Show
3	B: 18240982, 28778		15	3.07	11		Show
4		Malter Galleries Inc. 86, 14 Nov. 2004, lot 620		2.48			Show
5	A: Mavromichalè coll. 1904/05 ις ’ 427			2.45			Show
6 ✸		Nomos 15, 22 Oct. 2017, lot 217	14.1	3.27	1		Show
7	Freiburg: 465		15	3.25	12		Show