RPC I, 4165

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4165
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippina I
Issue Year 2
Dating AD 37/8
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 Β (to r.)
Edition Ἀγριππείνης Ἀντιο(χέων) μητρο(πόλεως) ἔτ(ους) βʹ
Translation of Agrippina, of the metropolis of the Antiochenes, year 2
Reverse design draped bust of Agrippina I, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.64 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 164, Prieur 64, McAlee 223
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note 5 coins, 1 or 2 dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 164
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Empire 5 (1986), lot 121 = Rauch 38 (1987), lot 205
4 4     Baldwin stock
5 5     CNG EA 451, Prieur coll., 4 Sept. 2019, lot 277 (ex Künker 124, 16 Mar. 2007, lot 8827; Kölner Münzkabinett 47, 21 Nov. 1988, lot 262; Lanz Graz V, 1 Dec. 1975, lot 418)
6 6     ✸ NAC 64, 17 May 2012, lot 1105
7 7     CNG EA 530, 4 Jan. 2023, lot 532