RPC I, 978

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 978
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Cnossus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Aeschinus, freedman of Caesar (duovir) ; Plotius Plebeius (duovir)
Obverse inscription AVGVSTVS (or AVGVSTO) C N I CNOS EX D D
Edition Augustus c(olonia) N(obilis) I(ulia) C(nossus) ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation Augustus, the colony of Iulia Nobilis Cnossus, by decree of the decurions
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription AESCHINO CAES L ITER PLOTIO PLEB IIVIR, RO-MA
Edition Aeschino Caes(aris) l(iberto) iter(um) Plotio Pleb(eio) IIvir(is) Roma
Translation with Aeschinus, freedman of Caesar, for the second time (and) Plotius Plebeius duovirs, Rome
Reverse design Roma wearing tunic, standing, left, holding small Victoria and transverse sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.90 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sv 190–1, FITA 262 (3)
Specimens 18 (14 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1927,0310.51 Seager
2 2     L: 1947,0606.366
3 3     L: 1947,0606.367
4 4     P: 170
5 5     V: 271
6 6     B: 18238214, I-B
7 7     ✸ B: 18238218, I-B
8 8     Gotha
9 9     Gotha
10 10     Cop SNG 398
11 11     Milan: Brera 371
12 12     Mu
13 13     O AMC 1163
14 14     O AMC 1164
15 15     G
16 16     NY: 1944.100.40405
17 17     NY: 1944.100.40404
18 18     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatic 16, 12 July 2015, lot 285