RPC I, 3078

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3078
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Aristarchos, son of Hierax
Issue Group II
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΑΙΖΑΝΙΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΑΡΙϹΤΑΡΧΟΥ
Reverse design Zeus standing, left, with eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note For a distinguished Hierax in the Augustan period, see Levick and Mitchell, Monuments from the Aezanitis, no. 13 (see also 3088).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     ✸ Saint Paul Antiques 2, 18 Mar. 2017, lot 192 = Agora Sale 67, 20 June 2017, lot 163