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
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, right; to left, star
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΜΕΛΑΝΘΟΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΥ
Reverse design laureate busts of the Dioscuri, jugate, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
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)