RPC I, 926

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 926
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Gortyn
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Kydas (cretarch)
Dating 43 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a serpent issues to left; all within ivy wreath
Reverse inscription ΚΥΔΑΣ ΚΡΗΤΑΡΧΑΣ, ΚΡΗ-ΤΑΙ/Ε-Ω/Ν (in field)
Edition Κύδας κρητάρχας Κρηταιέων Κύδας κρητάρχας Κρηταιέων
Translation Kydas, cretarch of the Cretans
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle in left hand between two coiled serpents with heads erect
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.64 g
Axis 12
Reference Sv 1 (Province)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2598
2 2     N: 7581 Sv, pl. XXXII, 1