RPC I, 902

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 902
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Gortyn
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus
Obverse inscription ΡΩΜΑΣ (in front, monogram) ΚΑ
Edition Ῥώμας Κα(ϊκίλιος)
Translation Roma, Ca(ecilius)
Obverse design helmeted head of Roma, right; elephant head on the helmet
Reverse inscription ΓΟΡΤΥΝ, Ε (above prow)
Edition Γόρτυν Ε
Translation Gortyn, Ε
Reverse design Artemis Ephesia; in the field, bee and elephant head, prow in field; all in wreath
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.75 g
Axis 12
Reference Sv 191
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L PCG VII.B.10 = Price, pl. 21, 1
2 2     ✸ P: Luynes 2354 Sv, pl. XVI, 30: rev.