Volume: I №: 926

Reign: Roman Republic Magistrate: Kydas (cretarch)

City: Gortyn  Region: Crete Province: Cyrenaica and Crete

Denomination: Cistophorus Average weight: 11.64 g. Issue: 43 BC

Obverse: cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a serpent issues to left; all within ivy wreath

Reverse: ΚΥΔΑΣ ΚΡΗΤΑΡΧΑΣ, ΚΡΗ-ΤΑΙ/Ε-Ω/Ν (in field); Zeus standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle in left hand between two coiled serpents with heads erect