AE 22 mm,
6.65 g, possibly Abdera mint CE 38-41
RPC 1724.2 (six specimens recorded)
Youroukova
210, plate XXV
O: Laur bust
of Caligula left [ΓAIΩ KAIΣAPI] ΣEBA[ΣTΩ]
R: laur and draped bust of Rhoimetalkes r, retrograde inscription BAΣIΛEYΣ
POIMHTAΛKAΣ.
Notes: “this is apparently a half denomination to RPC 1723 and 1724,
but what makes this coin particularly curious is the retrograde reverse legend.
The die cutter is also likely responsible for the reverse die of RPC 1725 with
its retrograde BAΣIΛEΩΣ legend.”
EX: K. Dorney
Ex: Roma Numismatics 101 lot 358 (13 Oct 2022) “from a private English
collection”
Bust of Caligula from the Palazzo Massimo, Roma September 2024
