RPC I, 5112


Image of specimen #32

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	5112
Province	Egypt
Region	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Reign	Caligula
Issue	Coins probably incorrectly attributed to Caligula
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	bird (ibis?), palm (?) in front
Reverse inscription	L Β
Edition	(ἔτους) βʹ
Translation	of year 2
Reverse design	Apis bull, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	15 mm
Average weight	2.31 g
Axis	1, 12
Reference	Savio, nos 9–9a
Specimens	32 (25 in the core collections)
Note	See A. Burnett, 'The Alexandrian coinage of Caligula', in D. Gerin, A. Geissen and M. Amandry (eds), Aegyptiaca serta in Soheir Bakhoum memoriam. Mélanges de numismatique, d’iconographie et d’histoire, Collezioni Numismatiche 7 (Milano, 2008), pp. 45-7

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1		Dattari 112 illustrated by Dattari = RIN 1900, 381, no. 113				bird, l., and palm	Show
2	2	NY: 1956.142.1		15	2.06	12	bird, l., and palm	Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.69629		12	0.96		bird, l., and palm	Show
4	4	NY: 1944.100.69630		15	1.96	12	bird, l., and palm	Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.69631		15	1.62	12	bird, l., and palm	Show
6	6	NY: 1944.100.69632		15		12	bird, l., and palm	Show
7	7	NY: 1944.100.69633		15	1.52	12	bird, l., and palm	Show
8	8	O: HCR34464	M 5246		1.61		bird, l., and palm	Show
9	9	O: HCR34465	M 5247		2.47		bird, l., and palm	Show
10	10	O: HCR34465	M 5247		1.89		bird, l., and palm	Show
11	11	Mu: 244					bird, l., and palm	Show
12	12	Mu: 245					bird, l., and palm	Show
13	13	Mu: 247					bird, l., and palm	Show
14	14	L					bird, l., and palm	Show
15	15	L					bird, l., and palm	Show
16	16	L: 1950,1006.4	BMC 2634		7.80		bird, l., and palm	Show
17	17	L: 1950,1006.2	BMC 2635		6.20		bird, l., and palm	Show
18	18	L					bird, l., and palm	Show
19	19	L					bird, l., and palm	Show
20	20	L	BMC 2561		1.02		bird, l., and palm	Show
21	21	L	BMC 2562		2.28		bird, l., and palm	Show
22	22	L	BMC ?		1.52		bird, l., and palm	Show
23	23	Cop	SNG 54		2.44		bird, l., and palm	Show
24	24	Cop	SNG 55		1.29		bird, l., and palm	Show
25	25	G: 28					bird, l., and palm	Show
26	26	Cologne	Geissen 3444	15	1.50	12	bird, l., and palm	Show
27	27		Aufhäuser 5, 1988, lot 241		2.49		bird, l., and palm	Show
28	28	Cologne	Geissen 3443	16	2.48	12	bird, r., and palm	Show
29	29		Demetrio3601				bird, r., and palm	Show
30	30	P: A 2709			2.00			Show
31	31		CGT coll. = JHE Auction 25, 9 Sept. 2014, lot 44	17	1.58	12		Show
32	32 ✸		CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 666	15	1.92	1		Show