RPC I, 926

Province Cyrenaica and Crete
City Gortyn 
Region Crete
Reign Roman Republic
Obverse inscription
Obverse design cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a serpent issues to left; all within ivy wreath
Reverse inscription ΚΥΔΑΣ ΚΡΗΤΑΡΧΑΣ, ΚΡΗ-ΤΑΙ/Ε-Ω/Ν (in field)
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle in left hand between two coiled serpents with heads erect

Coin no. 1 of RPC I, 926

 

Museum Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (France)
Inventory no. 2598
Reference
Diameter 26
Weight 11.37
Axis 12
Note
External URI https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85543051 
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