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I, 953
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/953
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Volume
I
Number
953
Province
Cyrenaica and Crete
Region
Crete
City
Eleutherna
Reign
Tiberius
Person (obv.)
Tiberius (Augustus)
Person (rev.)
Augustus (Divus)
Magistrate
Cornelius Lupus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription
ΤΙ ΚΑΙ
Ϲ
ΕΒΑ
Ϲ
ΤΟ
Ϲ
ΚΟΡ ΛΥ
Edition
Τι(βέριος) Καῖ(σαρ) Σεβαστὸς Κορ(νηλίου) Λύ(που)
Translation
Tiberius Caesar Augustus, of Cornelius Lupus
Obverse design
laureate head of Tiberius, right
Reverse inscription
ΘΕΩ
Ϲ
ΕΒΑ
Ϲ
ΤΩ ΚΡΗΤΩΝ ΕΛΕΥΘ
Edition
θεῷ Σεβαστῷ Κρητῶν Ἐλευθ(ερναίων)
Translation
to the divine Augustus, of the Cretans, of the Eleuthernans
Reverse design
radiate head of Divus Augustus, right
Metal
silver
Average weight
2.22 g
Axis
12
Reference
Sv 48
Specimens
1 (1 in the core collections)
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1
1
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L
BMC 18 = Sv, pl. XII, 8
2.22
12
Walker (
Metrology,
p. 78, n. 25) supposed that this piece is an ancient forgery, made of iron with a coating of silver. Sv 49-50, quoted from Vaillant and
Mus. Theup
., are no doubt misread coins.
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