{"lastUpdated":1702035455074,"description":"List of entries","links":[{"rel":"alternate","length":0,"href":"https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/dept_projects/beginningsofempire/database/store/"},{"rel":"self","length":0,"href":"https://sitebuilder.warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder2/api/dataentry/entries.json?page=%2Ffac%2Farts%2Fclassics%2Fresearch%2Fdept_projects%2Fbeginningsofempire%2Fdatabase%2Fstore&title=RPC+1+918"}],"id":"https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/dept_projects/beginningsofempire/database/store/","categories":[],"title":"Coins Database","publicationDate":1745479337380,"items":[{"metadata":"{\"image\":{\"url\":\"RPC_918.jpg\",\"rights\":\"Reproduced courtesy of Classical Numismatic Group (Mail Bid Sale 78, lot 1518) (www.cngcoins.com)\"},\"location\":{\"city\":\"Cyrene\",\"region\":\"Cyrenaica, Libya\",\"map\":true,\"place\":\"http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981517\"},\"date\":{\"from\":-37,\"until\":-30,\"note\":\"The crocodile type seems to refer to Egypt and therefore it might be thought that the coinage was struck under Egyptian authority, after Antony's donations to Cleopatra, in 37BC. However, Buttery points out that the crocodile does not derive from Egyptian coins and Crassus omits to claim any higher authority. Grant dates this issue to 37-34BC, but Buttery dates it earlier. The identification of Crassus also makes this difficult. Svoronos identifies him as P. Canidius Crassus, but there is no known link between him and Crete or Cyrenaica. His career is well known and if it his this Crassus then there is not much time in which he could have a command in these areas. E. Winsemann Falghera argues for a date between the end of 37BC and the beginning of 36BC, before his departure to Parthia. On the other hand, Grant suggests that it is referring to M. Licinius Crassus, whose career under Antony is known and who went over to Octavian in 31BC, becoming consul in 30BC\"},\"properties\":{\"diameter\":14,\"metal\":\"AE\",\"weight\":3.03},\"details\":{\"moneyer\":\"Crassus\",\"obverse\":\"ΚΡΑ; Head of Libya, facing right.\",\"reverse\":\"ΚΥΡΑ; a silphium.\"},\"reference\":\"RPC 1 918\",\"bibliography\":\"Burnett, A., Amandry, M. & Ripolles, P. P. 1992. Roman Provincial Coinage Vol 1, London\",\"notes\":\"The axis is uncertain, it could be 12 or 6.\\r\\n\\r\\nCrassus struck five varieties of bronze, representing two denominations in each series. They are not in paired denominations. The Latin series was probably struck in Crete, as a Kydas issue of Cnossus is overstruck on the Crassus one. While the connection of the types on the Latin series with Crete is not obvious, the types on the Greek series are clearly related to Cyrenaica, such as the head of Libya and the silphium on this coin. However, the persistent type of the crocodile on the unit of both groups points to an overall command of both areas.\"}","title":"RPC 1 918","enclosures":[],"url":{"rel":"self","length":0,"href":"https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/dept_projects/beginningsofempire/database/store/?selectedLetter=R#rpc-1-918"},"content":"","script":"","entryId":"094d43a2407db20b0140bb93149b7ff3","lastUpdated":1378057779000,"anchor":"rpc-1-918","parsedContentBody":"","id":"094d43a2407db20b0140bb93149b7ff3","categories":[],"publicationDate":1378057779000,"authors":[{"name":"Steve Ranford"}]}],"authors":[{"name":"Steve Ranford"}]}