RPC I, 5109

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5109
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Caligula
Issue Coins probably incorrectly attributed to Caligula
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Zeus Ammon, right
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design bird, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Average weight 0.72 g
Reference Savio, no. 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note See A. Burnett, 'The Alexandrian coinage of Caligula', in D. Gerin, A. Geissen and M. Amandry (eds), Aegyptiaca serta in Soheir Bakhoum memoriam. Mélanges de numismatique, d’iconographie et d’histoire, Collezioni Numismatiche 7 (Milano, 2008), pp. 45-7. (Mionnet S9.178.3-4 records, from Sestini, two more coins of this type, with dates L ΚΑ and L ΚΒ: they seem implausible>)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dattari 110 illustrated by Dattari = RIN 1900, 380, no. 110
2 2     L: 1964,0109.20 BMC 3556
3 3     Cop SNG 53
4 4     Mu: 31b
6 6     ✸ Emmett Coll.