RPC I, 3654

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 3654
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Germanicus (Caesar)
Magistrate Sura
Obverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ ΚΑΙ[ϹΑΡ]
Edition Γερμανικός Καῖσαρ
Translation Germanicus Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Germanicus, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΟΥΡΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΗΑϹ
Edition ἐπὶ Σούρα Καισαρήας
Translation under Sura, of Caesarea
Reverse design head of Tyche, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.90 g
Axis 9
Reference S 54, RSN 1898, 46; Ganschow I, p. 46 Typ X1
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Note The flans of both coins are very similar, and one (perhaps both?) must be a forgery. Ganschow I, p. 53, rejects this coin from Caesarea in Cappadocia, and suggests that it belongs to another Caesarea.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     ✸ G SNG 2200