RPC I, 917

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 917
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrene
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Marcus Licinius Crassus
Obverse inscription ΚΥΡΑ
Obverse design head of Libya, right
Reverse inscription ΚΡΑΣ
Reverse design crocodile, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 3, 11, 12
Reference Sv 1902, BMC 25bis, p. ccvii, Asolati 147–8
Specimens 10 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1960,0112.1
2 2     L: G 1110
3 3     O
4 4     Modena BMC 25bis = Sv, pl. LXIII, 29
5 5     Cyrene
6 6     NY: 2015.20.825 RBW = PV
7 7     NY: 2015.20.826 RW coll. = ex Malter 34, 13 Dec. 1986, lot 352
8 8     Bertolami 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 6
9 9     ✸ Naville Numismatics 23, 12 June 2016, lot 264
10 10     Jesús Vico S.A. 165, Cores coll., 23 Feb. 2023, lot 2155