RPC I, 906


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/906 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	I
Number	906
Province	Cyrenaica and Crete
Region	Crete
City	Gortyn
Reign	Roman Republic
Issue	without magistrate's name
Dating	c. 67 BC
Obverse inscription	ΚΡΗΤ
Edition	Κρήτ(η)
Translation	Crete
Obverse design	helmeted head of Roma, right
Reverse inscription	ΚΥΡΑ (on l. and r. of bee)
Edition	Κυρά(να)
Translation	Cyrene
Reverse design	bee
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	29 mm
Average weight	13.24 g
Axis	6
Reference	BMC 1d-f, pp. ccii-cciii, Asolati 143
Specimens	6 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links	1, 3–4: same obv. die as 904/1.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: 3181			12.37		Show
2	2	P: 3181b			13.26		Show
3	3	B: I-B	BMC, pl. XXXIX, 3		12.61		Show
4	4	Cop	SNG 1304 = BMC, pl. XXXIX, 2		13.40		Show
5	5	NY: 1944.100.79340		29	14.57	6	Show
6	6	Cyrene	Asolati (2008), pl. I, 10.				Show