RPC I, 3020

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3020
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Diodotos
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 ΓΑΙΟΣ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟϹ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Διόδοτος
Translation of the Philadelphians, Gaius Iulius Diodotos
Reverse design laureate busts of the Dioscuri, jugate, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.18 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note See now A. Geissen, ‘Gaios Iulios Diodotos aus Philadelphia in Lydien (Zu dem Beamtennamen RPC I 3020)’, Annotazioni Numismaτiche 39 (2000), pp. 903-5.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 969 Wa 5137
2 2     V: (Tralles) 19670
3 3     Private coll.
4 4     Lanz 150, 13 Dec. 2010, lot 220
5 5     Saint Paul Antiques 3, 8 Apr. 2017, lot 176
6 6     Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 514
7 7     Zeus Numismatics 3, 11 Jan. 2020, lot 386
8 8     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 525
9 9     Naumann 46, 11 Sept. 2016, lot 386
10 10     ✸ Nomos obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 998
11 11     CGT coll.