RPC I, 5455

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 5455
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bare head of Caligula in laurel wreath, left
Reverse inscription C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS IMP (around), PONT MAXIM TRIBVN POTEST COS
Reverse design in five lines across the field
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference RAI 68
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This coin was published by Cohen and Mowat, RN (1911), pp. 431-2, no. 20. Mowat was inclined to attribute it to Cappadocia. Grant, RAI, p. 68, proposed a mint in Gallia Comata, as he considered this series parallel to the Tiberian series 5441, struck in AD 36/7. It is natural to tie together these two series as they exhibit the same features, but the question of the mint remains open.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Sandes RAI, pl. II, 5