Phrygia, Amorium, Caligula
Description:
Phrygia, Amorium, Caligula (37 - 41 AD). Silvanus and Iustus Vipsanius, magistrates. ΓAIOC KAICAP; bare head right / ЄΠI CΙΛΟYΑΝΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΙΟΥCΤΟΥ ΟΥƐΙΨΑΝΙWN; eagle standing right, with caduceus over shoulder.
Diameter:
AE20 mm
Weight:
5,42 g
Grade:
VF/gF
Attribution:
RPC 3236; BMC 25
Commentary:
rare; dark grey patina with bronze highlights, some scratches and roughness on reverse
History:
Amorium was very important military base during Byzantine times but we know next to nothing about its history in Roman times.
Article Number:
009-04-02-45108