RPC I, 978

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 978
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Cnossus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus (—)
Magistrate Aeschinus Caesaris Libertus (duovir) ; Plotius Plebeius (duovir)
Obverse inscription AVGVSTVS (or AVGVSTO) C N I CNOS EX D D
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, r.
Reverse inscription AESCHINO CAES L ITER PLOTIVS PLEB IIVIR, RO MA (in field
Reverse design Roma wearing tunic, standing, l., holding small Victoria and transverse sceptre
Metal Æ
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sv 190–1, FITA 262 (3)
Specimens 18 (14 in the core collections)

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
17 17     NY
18 18     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatic 16, 12 July 2015, lot 285