RPC I, 3019

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3019
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; sometimes, to left, star
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΜΕΛΑΝΘΟΣ ΙΕΡΕΥΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΥ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Μέλανθος ἱερεὺς Γερμανικοῦ
Translation of the Philadelphians, Melanthos, priest of Germanicus
Reverse design winged thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.84 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 51
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 51
2 2     see LS 117, no. 15
3 3     ✸ CGT coll. ex Pecunem 21, 7 Sept. 2014, lot 405