RPC I, 901

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 901
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Gortyn
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus
Obverse inscription ΡΩΜΑΣ (in front, monogram) ΚΑ
Edition Ῥώμας Κα(ϊκίλιος)
Translation Roma, Ca(ecilius)
Obverse design helmeted head of Roma, right; elephant head on the helmet
Reverse inscription ΓΟΡΤΥΝ
Edition Γόρτυν
Translation Gortyn
Reverse design Artemis Ephesia; in the field, bee and elephant head; all in wreath
Metal silver
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.18 g
Axis 12
Reference Sv 190
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Friedländer Sv, pl. XVI, 29
2 2     ✸ NY: 1959.119.1 NC 1938, pl. VI, 27 = Lockett 2566 = Le Rider, pl. I, B