RPC I, 3027

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3027
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Caligula (Augustus)
Magistrate Moschion, son of Moschion, philocaesar
Issue Group II (Ɛ,Ϲ,W)
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Γάϊος Καῖσαρ
Translation Gaius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Caligula, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΜΟϹΧΙΩΝ ΜΟϹΧΙΩΝΟϹ
Edition φιλοκαίσαρ Φιλαδελφέων Μοσχίων Μοσχίωνος
Translation philocaesar Moschion, son of Moschion, of the Philadelphians
Reverse design capricorn with cornucopia, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.07 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 54
Specimens 10 (6 in the core collections)
Note Die-linked to Attalikos, Kleandros and Antiochos.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 54
2 2     L: 1979,0101.2007 ex vA 3072
3 3     B: 28778 GM 196, no. 607 = LS 118, no. 19
4 4     B: I-B GRMK 126, no. 2
5 5     NY: 1944.100.49349
6 6     V: GR 31960
7 7     Kölner Münzkabinett EA 5, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 148 (ex Kölner Münzkabinett 107, 7 Oct. 2017, lot 152; Kölner Münzkabinett EA 4, 1 Jan. 2018, lot 174)
8 8     CGT coll. = Auctiones 22, 19 Jan. 2014, lot 49
9 9     ✸ J. Clark coll.
10 10     Numismad 14, 19–20 Apr. 2024, lot 605