RPC I, 5437

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5437
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Gaius (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Julia the Elder
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙ, ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Καῖσαρ Γάϊ(ος) Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Caesar
Obverse design bare head, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ
Edition Ἰουλία Ἰουλία
Translation Julia
Reverse design female bust, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.01 g
Axis 3, 6, 12
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Note The small size suggests northwest Asia. There is no parallel for a portrait of Julia and her son Gaius, which would presumably have been minted before her disgrace in 2 BC. Perhaps from Pergamum: 'wohl aus der Umgebung von Pergamon' (Plankenhorn 96-97)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1986,0434.17
3 3     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 663
4 4     Plankenhorn 96
5 5     Plankenhorn 97 = Leu EA 27, 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1179
6 6     Lindgren III, 1658
7 7     NY
8 8     Künker 433, 10 Nov. 2025, lot 6491 = Peus 382, 1990, lot 534 = Aufhäuser 6, 1989, lot 292 = Hirsch XXI (Weber), 1908, lot 2501 ('Pergamum')
9 9     Triton II, 1 Dec. 1998, lot 630 (Livilla)