RPC I, 2900

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2900
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Gaius (Caesar)
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Polemon philopatris
Dating c. 5 BC
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Gaius Caesar, right
Reverse inscription ΠΟΛΕ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀντώ(νιος) Πολέ(μων) Λαοδικέων
Translation Polemon, lover of his fatherland, of the Laodiceans
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head left, spreading wings
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.05 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 154
Specimens 86 (19 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 22, 73: same pair of dies. 8, 18, 32, 47, 58: same pair of dies. 11, 42: same pair of dies. 20, 68, 82: same pair of dies. 23, 35: same pair of dies. 25–6, 64: same pair of dies. 28, 46: same pair of dies. 31, 76: same pair of dies. 37, 43, 74: same pair of dies. 41, 59, 70, 75, 80, 83, 88: same pair of dies. 44, 57: same pair of dies. 48, 66, 79, 84: same pair of dies. 52, 69: same pair of dies. 85, 87: same pair of dies. 1, 22, 24, 29, 44, 57, 61–2, 73, 81, 85, 87: same obv. die. 5, 8, 18–19, 32, 47–8, 58, 65–6, 79, 84: same obv. die. 6, 21, 23, 33, 35, 41, 45, 50, 59, 70, 75, 80, 83, 86, 88: same obv. die. 7, 52, 69, 78: same obv. die. 11, 16, 28, 36–7, 42–3, 46, 54, 63, 67, 74: same obv. die. 20, 30, 34, 38, 49, 60, 68, 82: same obv. die. 25–7, 40, 51, 64: same obv. die as 2899/9. 31, 53, 56, 76: same obv. die. 1, 22, 63, 73: same rev. die. 6, 25–6, 64: same rev. die. 7, 34: same rev. die. 8, 12, 18, 32, 41, 47, 58–9, 70, 75, 80, 83, 88: same rev. die. 11, 27, 42, 86: same rev. die. 20, 51, 67–8, 82: same rev. die. 23, 35, 65: same rev. die. 24, 52, 69: same rev. die. 30, 45: same rev. die. 31, 50, 60, 76, 81: same rev. die. 33, 85, 87: same rev. die. 36, 61: same rev. die. 44, 49, 57: same rev. die. 56, 78: same rev. die. 62, 72: same rev. die.
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