RPC I, 2472

 

Image of specimen #62

 

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 21 mm
Average weight 4.58 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Klose XXVIII
Specimens 63 (4 in the core collections)
Note 7 obv. and 34 rev. dies.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.47021
2 2     L BMC 272
3 3 –58     see Klose
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.