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Æ28 - Lucius Lollius L LOL LI VS I
| Issuer | Cnossus (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 37 BC - 34 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Artemis Diktynna facing right, rendered in a naturalistic Hellenistic style with finely striated hair swept back and secured at the crown. A bow and quiver are visible at the shoulder behind the bust, serving as identifying attributes of the goddess. A fragmentary Greek legend arcs around the upper field. The portrait is competently struck and displays characteristic features of late Hellenistic provincial coinage from Crete. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Lucius Lollius served as duovir at Cnossus during the period when the colony — formally established by Julius Caesar and refounded under Augustus — was finding its administrative footing under Roman oversight. Magistrate-signed provincial bronzes from Cnossus in this narrow window are poorly documented in the die corpus, and the abbreviated rendering of his name across the flan reflects local engravers working within tight spatial constraints rather than any standardized colonial formula.