RPC I, 4830

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4830
Province Syria
Region Samaria
City Nysa-Scythopolis
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Issue Year 103
Dating AD 39/40
Obverse inscription ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΥ, ΓΡ (before)
Edition Σεβαστοῦ γρʹ
Translation of Augustus, (year) 103
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, left
Reverse inscription ϹΚΥΘΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ
Edition Σκυθοπολειτῶν
Translation of the Scythopolitans
Reverse design head of Dionysus with ivy wreath, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.70 g
Axis 12
Reference Barkay 8
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Corr.: full reading of obv. and rev. legend.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     JSW
2 2     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 9
3 3     NY: 2019.20.59