RPC I, 5437

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
Obverse design bare head, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΑ
Reverse design female bust, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Axis 3, 6, 12
Specimens 7 (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.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1986,0434.17
2 2     Weber, Hirsch 21, 1908, lot 292
3 3     ✸ Aufhäuser 6, 1989, lot 292 = Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 663
4 4     Plankenhorn coll.
5 5     Plankenhorn coll. = Leu EA 27, 9 Sept. 2023, lot 1179
6 6     Lindgren III, 1658
7 7     NY