RPC I, 3074

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3074
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Praximes
Issue Group I
Obverse inscription Γ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Καῖσ(αρ) Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΠΡΑΞΙΜΕ
Edition Αἰζανιτῶν ἐπὶ Πραξιμέ(νους)
Translation of the Aezanites, under Praximes
Reverse design draped bust of Artemis with bow, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.87 g
Axis 3, 11, 12
Reference vA Aezani 37 corr.
Specimens 13 (10 in the core collections)
Note For the identification of the head on the rev. as Artemis rather than Agrippina I, see Trillmich, Familienpropaganda der Kaiser Caligula und Claudius, p. 134, n. 479. The name Πραξιμέωης is attested at Aezani (Levick and Mitchell al., Monuments from the Aezanitis, no. 90).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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