RPC I, 961A

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 961A
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Hierapytna
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Augustus (Divus)
Magistrate Laches
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΕΠΙ ΛΑΧΗΤΟΣ
Edition Θεὸς Σεβαστὸς() ἐπὶ Λάχητος
Translation Divine Augustus, under Laches
Obverse design radiate head of Divus Augustus, left
Reverse inscription ΤΑΝ ΚΡΗΤΑ[ΓΕΝΗΣ] [ ]ΝΙΩΝ
Edition Τὰν Κρηταγενῆς [---]νίων
Translation Zeus, Cretan-born [---]nians
Reverse design laureate head of Zeus Kretagenes, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.45 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Coins struck by Laches are known for Cydonia, (a tridrachm = RPC I, 960) and Hierapytna (adrachm = RPC I, 961). This new coin could befrom Hierapytna (ΙΕΡΑΠΥΤΝΙΩΝ), Gortyn(ΓΟΡΤΥΝΙΟΩΝ) Polyrhenium (ΠΟΛΥΡΗΝΙΩΝ).As a tetradrachm from Polyrhenium but signedby Cornelius Lupus (RPC I, 957) has the samereverse and legend, this new tridrachm isassigned tentatively to Polyrhenium.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Hagios Nikolaos: 7356 K. Lavara, A Roman cemetery at Hagios Nikolaos, ArchEph 124 [1985], pp. 174–5 and Pin. 48, δ, ε.