RPC I, 4164

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4164
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippina I
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 37
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑ
Edition Γαίου Καίσαρος Σεβα(στοῦ) Γερμα(νικοῦ)
Translation of Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΑΓΡΙΠΠΕΙΝΗΣ ΑΝΤΙΟ ΜΗΤΡΟ, ΕΤ Α (to r.)
Edition Ἀγριππείνης Ἀντιο(χέων) μητρο(πόλεως) ἔτ(ους) αʹ
Translation of Agrippina, of the metropolis of the Antiochenes, year 1
Reverse design draped bust of Agrippina I, right; to left, dot
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.64 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 163, Cop 149, Prieur 63-63a, McAlee 221-2
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Note 5 coins, ?5 obv. dies

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 163
2 2     Cop SNG 149
3 3     G: 79
4 4     Hesperia Art Bull. 17, 79
5 5     Malter IV (1978), lot 283
6 6     McAlee coll. = Hirsch 185 (1991) lot 701 = CNG EA 437, 6 Feb. 2019, lot 296 = McAlee 221
7 7     ✸ Nomos 17, 26 Oct. 2018, lot 231 (ex Naville 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 629)
8 8     CNG EA 453, Prieur coll., 2 Oct. 2019, lot 242