RPC I, 3024A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3024A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Menekles philopatris
Issue Group I (Ε, Σ, Ω)
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΗΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΡΙΣ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Μενεκλῆς φιλόπατρις
Translation of the Philadelphians, Menekles philopatris
Reverse design winged thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.51 g
Axis 3
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 112, 19 Oct. 2019, lot 157
2 2     GRPCL Philadelphia 180 = Shekhovtsov coll.
3 3     Erdem coll. = M. Arslan, 'Lydia–Philadelphia Sikkeleri', Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi 2002 Yılllığı XVII (2003), p. 280, no. 35