RPC I, 4166

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4166
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, to left, dot
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.41 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 165, Prieur 65, McAlee 224
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die. 3–4: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 165
2 2     Hirsch 72, lot 7
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65521
4 4     Mu: 17b
5 5     G: 80
6 6     CNG 41, 19 Mar. 1997, lot 1452 = H. Berk, BBS 192, 8 Oct. 2014, lot 173
7 7     ✸ Lanz 160, 15 June 2015, lot 351
8 8     Naville Numismatics 27, 27 Nov. 2016, lot 220