RPC I, 4017

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4017
Province Syria
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula (?), left
Reverse inscription ΜΑΛΛΩΤΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche, seated right, holding branch; below, to left and right, two river gods
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note Usually identified as Tiberius, but see introduction.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P
2 2     C: 481-1948 ex Grant (cf. FITA, pp. svii and 463)
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     Hirsch 249, 7 Feb. 2007, lot 1797
5 5     ✸ Naumann 94, 4 Oct. 2020, lot 433
6 6     Leu WA 15, 27 Feb. 20201, lot 1331
7 7     NBS WA 8, 7 Aug. 2021, lot 345
8 8     D. Lowe coll.