RPC I, 4976

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4976
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Caesarea Paneas
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Germanicus ; Agrippa I (king)
Issue Year 5
Dating AD 40/1
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚ[Ω
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, left
Reverse inscription ΝΟΜΙΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ, LΕ (below)
Reverse design Germanicus in triumphal chariot, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 2, Burnett 4
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Note For further specimens from the excavations at Gamala (Golan Heights), see INJ 12 (1992-93), p. 48 nos. 35-36.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sternberg X (Nov. 1980), lot 276
2 2     Reichardt coll. = BMC, pl. xlii.9
3 3     NY: 1944.100.62854 SNG 261
4 4     P: Seyrig
5 5     P: 130
6 6     CNG MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, lot 1131
7 7     CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 519
8 8     ✸ Baldwin’s The New York Sale XXX, 9 Jan. 2013, lot 202
9 9     Markov The New York Sale LI, 12 Jan. 2021, lot 31 (ex Heritage, 8-9 Mar. 2012, The Shoshana Collection, lot 20136; Goldberg 109, 29 Jan. 2019, lot 2055)