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Volume
I
Number
926
Province
Cyrenaica and Crete
Region
Crete
City
Gortyn
Reign
Roman Republic
Magistrate
Kydas the Cretarch (without title)
Dating
43 BC
Obverse inscription
Obverse design
cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a serpent issues to l.; all within ivy wreath
Reverse inscription
ΚΥΔΑΣ ΚΡΗΤΑΡΧΑΣ; ΚΡΗ-ΤΑΙ/Ε-Ω/Ν (in field)
Reverse design
Zeus standing facing, head r., holding thunderbolt in r. hand and eagle in l. hand between two coiled serpents with heads erect
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
26 mm
Average weight
11.64 g
Axis
12
Reference
Sv 1 (Province)
Specimens
2
Specimens of this coin type
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Obverse
Reverse
Museum
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Diameter
Weight
Axis
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1
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P: 2598
26
11.37
12
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2
N: 7581
Sv, pl. XXXII, 1
26
11.90
12
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