RPC I, 957

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 957
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Polyrhenium
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Augustus (Divus)
Magistrate Cornelius Lupus (proconsul)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟ[Σ ΣΕΒΑΣ]ΤΟΣ ΕΠΙ ΚΟΡΝΗΛΙΟΥ ΛΥΠΟΥ ΑΝΘΥΠ
Edition Θεὸς Σεβαστὸς ἐπὶ Κορνηλίου Λύπου ἀνθυπάτου Θεὸς Σεβαστὸς ἐπὶ Κορνηλίου Λύπου ἀνθυπ(άτου)
Translation Divine Augustus, under Cornelius Lupus, proconsul
Obverse design radiate head of Divus Augustus, left
Reverse inscription ΤΑΝ Κ[ΡΗΤΑΓΕ]ΝΗΣ ΠΟΛΥΡ
Edition Τὰν Κρηταγενῆς Πολυρρήνιον Τὰν Κρηταγενῆς Πολυρ(ρήνιον)
Translation Zeus, Cretan-born, Polyrhenium
Reverse design laureate head of Zeus Kretangens, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.45 g
Axis 12
Reference Sv 51
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 553 Sv, pl. XXVI, 30