RPC I, 955

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 955
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Hierapytna
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Augustus (Divus)
Magistrate Cornelius Lupus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΚΡΗΤΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΚΟΡΝΗΛ ΛΥ
Edition Θεὸς Σεβαστὸς Κρητῶν ἐπὶ Κορνηλ(ίου) Λύ(που)
Translation Divine Augustus, of the Cretans, under Cornelius Lupus
Obverse design radiate head of Divus Augustus, right
Reverse inscription ΤΑΝ ΚΡΗΤΑΓΕΝΗΣ ΙΕΡΑ
Edition Τὰν Κρηταγενὴς Ἱερα(πυτνίων)
Translation Zeus, Cretan-born, of the Hierapytnians
Reverse design head of Zeus bound with taenia, right
Metal silver
Average weight 8.93 g
Axis 6
Reference Sv 45
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Gotha Sv, pl. XVIII, 2