RPC I, 3028

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3028
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Kleandros philocaesar
Issue Group II (Ɛ,Ϲ,W)
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΚΛΕΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition φιλόκαισαρ Φιλαδελφέων Κλέανδρος
Translation philocaesar, of the Philadelphians, Kleandros
Reverse design capricorn with cornucopia, left; to left, monogram including ΠΑΕ (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 5.03 g
Axis 12
Reference LS 118, no. 18
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
Note The significance of the monogram (a name? a title?) is not clear. Die-linked to Attalikos, Moschion and Antiochos.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 961 Wa 5136
2 2     B: I-B LS 18 with Taf. V.9
3 3     Spink stock (1985)
4 4     I-B = GM 196, no. 606, misread
5 5     CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 605
6 6     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 20, 3 Aug. 2014, lot 440
7 7     CNG EA 403, 9 Aug. 2017, lot 382
8 8     CGT coll. = Savoca 2nd Blue, 29 Oct. 2017, lot 621
9 9     ✸ Lanz 138, 26 Nov. 2007, lot 562
10 10     Biga Auction 1, 8 Nov. 2020, lot 241
11 11     H.I. coll.