RPC I, 2472

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2472
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Calpurnius Aviola (proconsul) ; Menophanes
Dating c. AD 37/8
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΝ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟΝ ΕΠΙ ΑΟΥΙΟΛΑ
Edition Γάϊον Καίσαρα Γερμανικόν ἐπὶ Αὐιόλα Γάϊον Καίσαρα Γερμανικόν ἐπὶ Αὐι(όλα)
Translation for Gaius Caesar Germanicus, under Aviola
Obverse design laureate head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΔΡΟΥϹΙΛΛΑΝ ΖΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ ΜΗΝΟΦΑΝΗϹ
Edition Δρουσίλλαν Σμυρναίων Μηνοφάνης Δρουσίλλαν Σμυρναίων Μηνοφάνης
Translation for Drusilla, of the Smyrnaeans, Menophanes
Reverse design Drusilla as Persephone, seated left, holding poppies and ears of corn, and sceptre
Metal brass
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.59 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Klose XXVIII
Specimens 63 (9 in the core collections)
Note 7 obv. and 34 rev. dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.47021 Klose XXVIII 16.1
2 2     L BMC 272 = Klose XXVIII 7
3 3 –53     see Klose
54 54     O: HCR150308 Klose XXVIII 23.1
55 55     O: HCR150309 Klose XXVIII 2.5
56 56     O: HCR150310 Klose XXVIII 19
57 57     O: HCR150311 Klose XXVIII 22
58 58     O: HCR150312 Klose XXVIII 15
59 59     B: Aezabu (Fox)
60 60     C 1986 acquisition
61 61     Leeds-UL: 736
62 62     ✸ Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 556
63 63     H.I. coll.