RPC I, 3235

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3235
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Amorium
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Vipsanius Iustus ; Vipsanius Silvanus
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΙΛΟΥΑΝΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥϹΤΟΥ ΟΥ(Ε)ΙΨΑΝΙωΝ, ΑΜΟΡ
Edition ἐπὶ Σιλουανοῦ καὶ Ἰοῦστου Οὐειψανίων Ἀμορ(ιανῶν)
Translation under Silvanus and Iustus Vipsanii, of the Prymnessians
Reverse design eagle with caduceus standing, right, on uncertain object
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.93 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 25
Specimens 16 (11 in the core collections)
Note The monogram is sometimes at the end of the legend, not in the field (e.g., 3, 10).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 29116 Wa 5609
2 2     L BMC 25
3 3     L BMC 26
4 4     C: Leake
5 5     O
6 6     O
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     B: Fox
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     NY: 1944.100.49920
12 12     Weber 7013
13 13     Nomos obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 618
14 14     Münster: M 1252
15 15     Numismatik Naumann 125, 5 Feb. 2023, lot 235
16 16     ✸ priv Coll H.I. (ex Naumann 123, 4 Dec. 2022, lot 369)