RPC I, 2454

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2454
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippina I ; Germanicus
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟΝ
Obverse design radiate head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ, ΜΑ ΑΠΟ ϹΙΠ(Υ)
Reverse design Agrippina and Germanicus: Germanicus stands facing, wearing a toga capite velato and holding a patera; behind him stands Agrippina as Demeter, holding out ears of corn and a sceptre
Metal brass
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 49
Specimens 16 (12 in the core collections)
Die-links 8, 13: same pair of dies.
Note 5, 13, 14: obv. legend reads ϹƐΒΑOΤΟΝ
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 50
2 2     L BMC 49
3 3     L: 1979,0101.1999 ex vA 3001
4 4     O
5 5     P: 657
6 6     P: 659 Wa 5078
7 7     Mu: 34
8 8     Mu: 35
9 9     Mu: 36085
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     B: Knobelsdorf
12 12     B: B-I
13 13     A A. Delt 27, 1972, B1, 8, no. 5 with pl. 9.21
14 14     Naumann 81, 1 Sept. 2019, lot 295
15 15     CGT coll. = Naumann 54, 4 June 2017, lot 284
16 16     ✸ H.I. coll.