RPC I, 979

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 979
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Cnossus
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Magistrate Uncertain
Dating from 2 BC
Obverse inscription AVGVSTVS P P C C I N C
Edition Augustus p(ater) p(atriae) {C} C(olonia) I(ulia) N(obilis) C(nossus)
Translation Augustus, father of the fatherland, the colony of Iulia Nobilis Cnossus
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription [ ], C L (in field)
Edition [---] C(aius) L(ucius)
Translation [---] Gaius, Lucius
Reverse design legend blundered, bare head of Gaius (looking to the right) and Lucius (looking to the left) face to face
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.01 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference Sv 193–5, FITA 262 (4, 5)
Specimens 19 (17 in the core collections)
Note For the reading of the rev. and the names of the duoviri, see the introduction to Cnossus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0305.1464 Fox
2 2     L: 1947,0606.368 Cameron
3 3     L: 1947,0606.1156 Cameron
4 4     P: 174
5 5     P: 175
6 6     P: 178
7 7     P: Luynes
8 8     V: GR 14605
9 9     B: 18238287, Bonnet
10 10     ✸ B: 18238245, 708/1877
11 11     B: 18238290, Löbb
12 12     A: Π1918 Ε'38
13 13     Karlsruhe
14 14     O: AMC 1165
15 15     O: AMC 1166
16 16     O: AMC 1167
17 17     O: AMC 1168
18 18     O: AMC 1169
19 19     O: AMC 1170