RPC I, 905

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 905
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Gortyn
Reign Roman Republic
Issue without magistrate's name
Dating c. 67 BC
Obverse inscription ΡΩΜ[Ι]
Edition Ῥώμι
Translation Rome
Obverse design helmeted head of Roma, left
Reverse inscription
Reverse design bee
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.99 g
Reference BMC 1b-c, p. ccii, Asolati 142
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4–5: same obv. die.
Note The obv. inscriptions is retrograde.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1936,1013.9
2 2     ✸ P BMC, pl. XXXIX, 1
3 3     Karlsruhe
4 4     Padua: 6418
5 5     Künker 136, 10 Mar. 2008, lot 380 = Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 349