RPC I, 3022

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3022
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Epikrates
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 ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛ(ΦΕΩΝ) ΕΠΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ
Edition Φιλαδελφῶν Ἐπικράτης
Translation of the Philadelphians, Epikrates
Reverse design laureate busts of the Dioscuri, jugate, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.17 g
Axis 12
Reference LS 116, nos 11–12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B LS 12
2 2     V: GR 19508 LS 11
3 3     Hauck und Aufhäuser 16, 16–17 Oct. 2001, lot 267
4 4     CGT coll. = Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 42, 3 Apr. 2016, lot 499
5 5     ✸ J. Clark coll. (Solidus Premium 20, 21 Oct. 2017, lot 128)
6 6     Grün 73, 14 Nov. 2017, lot 105
7 7     Hirsch 375, 22 Sept. 2022, lot 1295
8 8     Agora Numismatic Sale #111, 8 Aug. 2023, lot 118 (ex Nomos Obolos 17, lot 463)