RPC I, 962


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Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	962
Province	Cyrenaica and Crete
Region	Crete
City	Axos
Reign	Caligula
Person (obv.)	Caligula (Augustus)
Person (rev.)	Germanicus
Magistrate	Laches
Obverse inscription	ΓΑΙΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ ΑΞΙΩΝ
Edition	Γαίῳ Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ Κρήτης Ἀξίων
Translation	to Gaius Caesar Augustus, of Crete, of the Axians
Obverse design	laureate head of Caligula, left
Reverse inscription	ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΩ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΙ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ ΕΠΙ ΛΑΧ
Edition	Γερμανικῷ Καίσαρι Σεβαστῷ ἐπὶ Λάχ(ητι)
Translation	to Germanicus Caesar Augustus, under Laches
Reverse design	laureate head of Germanicus, right
Metal	silver
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	2.15 g
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Hirsch XIII/1905, 2912	18	2.15		The authenticity of this coin must be questioned. It stands out from the rest of Laches's coinage and the rev. legend, giving the title sebastos to Germanicus, is very hard to accept.	Show