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Author Topic: Kingdom of Bosporus, Aspurgos  (Read 208 times)

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Offline Sergey A

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Kingdom of Bosporus, Aspurgos
« on: May 31, 2025, 06:13:04 am »
Now I am studying the coins of the king of Bosporus Aspurgus with the portrait of Gaius Germanicus.
Gaius Germanicus - this is Caligula, isn't it?
Then why does RPC date these coins to the Tiberius period?
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1904
Wildwinds assigned one coin with the portrait of Calicula to the period of Tiberius (line 3), and another coin to the period of Caligula (lines 4 and 5).
https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/bosporos/kings/aspurgus/t.html
Caligula was not Tiberius' co-conqueror and successor, and the idea of ​​co-conqueror (Caesar and Augustus) only appeared in the 3rd century AD.


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