RPC I, 3020

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3020
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Diodotos
Issue Group I (Ε, Σ, Ω)
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, right; (to left, star)
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΓΑΙΟΣ ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟϹ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Διόδοτος Φιλαδελφέων Γάϊος Ἰούλιος Διόδοτος
Translation of the Philadelphians, Gaius Iulius Diodotos
Reverse design laureate busts of the Dioscuri, jugate, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.18 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 11 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note See now A. Geissen, ‘Gaios Iulios Diodotos aus Philadelphia in Lydien (Zu dem Beamtennamen RPC I 3020)’, Annotazioni Numismaτiche 39 (2000), pp. 903-5.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 969 Wa 5137
2 2     V: (Tralles) 19670
3 3     Private coll.
4 4     Lanz 150, 13 Dec. 2010, lot 220
5 5     Saint Paul Antiques 3, 8 Apr. 2017, lot 176
6 6     Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 514
7 7     Zeus Numismatics 3, 11 Jan. 2020, lot 386
8 8     Naumann 78, 2 June 2019, lot 525
9 9     Naumann 46, 11 Sept. 2016, lot 386
10 10     ✸ Nomos obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 998
11 11     CGT coll.