RPC I, 5110

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 5110
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Caligula
Issue Coins probably incorrectly attributed to Caligula
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Uraeus serpent, left
Reverse inscription L Β
Edition (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design agathadaemon serpent, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.69 g
Reference Savio, no. 7
Specimens 5 (1 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. See also the Uncertain of Alexandria coins, I, 5380ff.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1953,1009.1 BMC 2638
2 2     Dattari 111 illustrated by Dattari = RIN 1900, 381, no. 111
3 3     MünzZentrum 52, 12.11.1984, lot 1356
4 4     Jarman coll.
5 5     ✸ J. Clark coll.