RPC I, 3018

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3018
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Melanthos (priest of Germanicus)
Issue Group I (Ε, Σ, Ω)
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, right; to left, star
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΜΕΛΑΝΘΟΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΥ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Μέλανθος ἱερεὺς Γερμανικοῦ
Translation of the Philadelphians, Melanthos, priest of Germanicus
Reverse design laureate busts of the Dioscuri, jugate, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.93 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 52
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 52 = LS 117, no. 4 = Trillmich, Taf. 14.12
2 2     V: GR 28713
3 3     vA 3071
4 4     ✸ Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 34, 2 Aug. 2015, lot 694
5 5     Nomos obolos 4, 21 Feb. 2016, lot 552
6 6     Zeus Auction 23, 6 Mar. 2022, lot 487 (not identified)