RPC I, 1171a


Image of specimen #6

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	1171a
Province	Achaea
Region	Corinthia
City	Corinth
Reign	Tiberius
Person (rev.)	Caligula (Augustus) ; Tiberius Gemellus
Magistrate	Lucius Arrius Peregrinus (duovir) ; Lucius Furius Labeo (duovir)
Dating	AD 32–3 (?)
Obverse inscription	COR
Edition	Corinthi Cor(inthi)
Translation	of Corinth
Obverse design	Pegasus flying, right
Reverse inscription	CAE GEM (or no legend)
Edition	Caesar Gemellus Cae(sar) Gem(ellus)
Translation	Caesar Gemellus
Reverse design	busts, face to face, of Caligula and Tiberius Gemellus (?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	15 mm
Average weight	3.29 g
Axis	10
Reference	BMC 508, Amandry XVI 64–5, p. 180
Specimens	6 (2 in the core collections)
Note	The heads on the rev. are identified as Germanicus and Tiberius 'Gemellus' by C.J. Howgego, NC, 1989, pp. 202-3. This would imply an earlier date for the issue, shortly before the death of Germanicus in AD 23.