RPC I, 997

 

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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 Nero Caesar Pulcher IIvir Ner(o) Caesar Pulcher IIvir
Translation Nero Caesar, Pulcher duovir
Obverse design bare head of Nero Caesar, right
Reverse inscription DRV CAESAR C I P V SE IIVIR
Edition Drusus Caesar colonia Iulia Publius Varius Secundus IIvir 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

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