RPC I, 918

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 918
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrene
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Marcus Licinius Crassus
Obverse inscription ΚΡΑ
Edition Κρά(σσου)
Translation of Crassus
Obverse design head of Libya, right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΡΑ
Edition Κυρά(να)
Translation Cyrene
Reverse design silphium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 3.03 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 26 and 26a-b, p. ccvii, Asolati 149a-b
Specimens 16 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 26 = pl. XLII, 12
2 2     G BMC 26a, pl. XLII, 11
3 3     St Petersburg BMC 26b
4 4     Tunis Rahmouni p. 25 no. 42 and p. 3, pl. III
5 5     NY: 1944.135.99 Norton from Cyrene
6 6     NY: 1944.135.97 Norton from Cyrene
7 7     NY: 1944.135.98 Norton from Cyrene
8 8     RWS = ex Waddell 15/1985, 225
9 9     B: I-B
10 10     B: Rauch
11 11     B
12 12     P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1518 (ex H. Berk, BBS 97, 12 Aug. 1997, lot 573)
13 13     Forum AC GB96100
14 14     ✸ A. Philippidis coll.
15 15     Cop SNG 1312
16 16     Cop SNG 1313