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| Image of specimen #3 | |
| URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5437 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
| 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 | Γάϊ(ος) Καῖσαρ |
| Translation | Gaius Caesar |
| Obverse design | bare head, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΙΟΥΛΙΑ |
| Edition | Ἰουλία |
| Translation | Julia |
| Reverse design | female bust, right |
| Metal | copper-based alloy |
| Average diameter | 15 mm |
| Average weight | 2.12 g |
| 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. Perhaps from Pergamum: 'wohl aus der Umgebung von Pergamon' (P lankenhorn 96-97) |