RPC I, 997

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 997
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Cnossus
Reign Caligula
Person (obv.) Nero Caesar
Person (rev.) Drusus Caesar
Magistrate Pulcher (duovir) ; Varius (duovir)
Obverse inscription [NER CAE]SAR PVLCHER IIVIR
Edition [Ner(o)] [Cae]sar Pulcher duovi(r)
Translation Nero Caesar, Pulcher duovir
Obverse design bare head of Nero Caesar, right
Reverse inscription DRV CAESAR C I P V SE IIVIR
Edition Dru(sus) Caesar c(olonia) I(ulia) P(ublius) V(arius) Se(cundus) IIvir
Translation Drusus Caesar, the Julian colony, Publius Varius Secundus duovir
Reverse design bare head of Drusus Caesar, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 3.81 g
Axis 12
Reference Grant, NC 1948, 114
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P NC 1948, pl. VI, 11
2 2     Cnossus excavations 1982, 140
3 3     Gotha Liebe 414