RPC I, 2017

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2017
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Caesarea Germanica
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Germanicus
Dating about 20?
Obverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΚΤΙΣΤΗΣ
Edition Γερμανικὸς Καῖσαρ Κτίστης
Translation Germanicus Caesar Founder
Obverse design bare head of Germanicus, right
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΗΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗ
Edition Καισάρηα Γερμανική
Translation Caesarea Germanica
Reverse design view of city gate, in exergue monogram
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.18 g
Axis 11
Reference Rec 1 corr.
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note 1 and 2 have the same monogram; that on 3 is slightly different: the top of the second letter is just Y, rather than YP.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.41992
2 2     P: 299 Rec, pl. XLIV.1
3 3     C Lewis SNG 1293
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1229
5 5     Naumann 56, 6 Aug. 2017, lot 329