RPC I, 2014

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2014
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Apamea
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Drusus Caesar ; Nero Caesar
Person (rev.) Julia Drusilla ; Julia Minor ; Agrippina II
Obverse inscription DRVSVS NERO CAESARES D D (retrograde)
Edition Drusus Nero Caesares d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation Drusus (and) Nero Caesars, by decree of the decurions
Obverse design heads of Nero Caesar and Drusus Caesar, face to face
Reverse inscription AGRIPPINA DIVA DRVSILLA IVLIA, C I C (in exergue)
Edition Agrippina diva Drusilla Iulia c(olonia) I(ulia) C(oncordia)
Translation Agrippina, the divine Drusilla, Julia, the colony Julia Concordia
Reverse design Caligula's three sisters standing facing; Agrippina holds cornucopia in right, resting on column with left, on shoulder of Drusilla, who holds patera in right hand and cornucopia in left; Julia holds rudder with right and cornucopia in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.96 g
Reference Rec 252, n.2
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 217
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Lanz stock 1990
4 4     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 125, 13 Oct. 2003, lot 310 = Lanz 112, 25–26 Nov. 2002, lot 317 = Rauch 73, 17 May 2004, lot 445
5 5     Naumann 100, 7 Mar. 2021, lot 331