RPC I, 465

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 465
Province Tarraconensis
Region Hispania
City Ercavica
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Terentius Sura (duovir) ; Lucius Licinius Gracilis (duovir)
Obverse inscription C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS IMP
Edition C(aius) Caesar Aug(ustus) Germanicus Imp(erator)
Translation Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Emperor
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription MVN ERCAVICA, II (or IIII) VIR C TER SVRA L LIC CRACILE
Edition mun(icipium) Ercavica IIvir(is) C(aio) Ter(entio) Sura L(ucio) Lic(inio) Cracile
Translation the municipality of Ercavica, under the duovirs, Gaius Terentius Sura (and) Lucius Licinius Gracilis
Reverse design bull, right, with 'pediment' above head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.27 g
Reference Vives 162–8, GMI 562
Specimens 15 (5 in the core collections)
Note Forgery: 1. M Sastre 6729 (cast from Vives 162–8).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 395
2 2     P: 396
3 3     Ba: 14990
4 4     L: 1099
5 5     Madrid: 11247
6 6     Madrid: 11248
7 7     IVDJ Vives 162–8 = GMI 562
8 8     Gac. Num. 147, 2002, pp. 21–22
9 9     NY: HSA 7533
10 10     NY: HSA 7534
11 11     Áureo 19/9/1994, lot 474
12 12     Áureo 21/1/2004, lot 264
13 13     Stockholm SNG 2046
14 14     Stockholm SNG 2046
15 15     ✸ CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 127