RPC I, 901

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 901
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Gortyn
Reign Roman Republic
Obverse inscription ΡΩΜΑΣ (in front, monogram) ΚΑ
Obverse design helmeted head of Roma, right; elephant head on the helmet
Reverse inscription ΓΟΡΤΥΝ
Reverse design Artemis Ephesia; in the field, bee and elephant head; all in wreath
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 12
Reference Sv 190
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Friedländer Sv, pl. XVI, 29
2 2     ✸ NY: 1959.119.1 NC 1938, pl. VI, 27 = Lockett 2566 = Le Rider, pl. I, B