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Crete ... Roman Province of Cyrenaica and Crete ... Coin no. 11. Cistern. Head of Roma r., wearing Corinthian helmet. Bee in dotted circle. 291, 737, 743 ... Ca. 67 B.C. |
Cyrene ... BMC 198--200 Head of Karneios r. K Y P Triple silphium plant. 84-3-6 ... late 4th century B.C. |
Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated.
Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C. |
'Mouth and upper passage' on deposit list. Containers 1 and 2. Pottery in mouth of cistern in upper tunnel. Coins:
5 May 1939 #1
9 May 1939 #10-#11
12 May 1939 #4 ... 1st c. with earlier material |
| Cast of coin ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Cast of coin ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Roman Province of Cyrenaica and Crete ... Minted in Crete. Coin no. 24.
Casts stored in Lab Case No. 52C Brown fill. Head of Artemis r., bow and quiver at shoulder; beneath chin, γ. [L. LOL-LI]VS
Stag standing r.; below belly, [two letters] ... 37-34 B.C. |
Cyrenaica, "Regal" Coinage ... See also Agora XXVI, nos. 1013-1015. Coin no. 1. Attalos Stoa, North Room, soft fill beside "well". Head of Ptolemy I r. Head of Libya r. 1083 ... Ca. 140-96 B.C. |
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