RPC I, 916

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 916
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Ptolemais
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Marcus Licinius Crassus
Obverse inscription ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙ
Edition Πτολεμαί(ς)
Translation Ptolemais
Obverse design turreted head of Tyche, right
Reverse inscription ΚΡΑΣ
Edition Κράσ(σου)
Translation of Crassus
Reverse design crocodile, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 12.54 g
Axis 12
Reference Sv 1901, BMC 25bisa, p. ccvi, Asolati 150
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V BMC 25bisa, pl. XLII, 10 = Sv, pl. LXIII, 27
2 2     A Sv, pl. LXIII, 28
3 3     ✸ Falghera coll.
4 4     Private coll = Angelo Melin, 'Cirenaica Numismatica', Ressegan Monetaria XXXV, 1938, 1–2, pp. 3–8
5 5     RBW