Æ11 - Tiberius C I C

Cnossus — refounded as a Roman colony under Julius Caesar and later Augustus — was one of the few Cretan cities granted the right to strike its own bronze coinage under the early empire. Issues from this mint are small-module, low-denomination pieces that circulated locally rather than provincially, which accounts for the frequency with which they appear heavily worn. The duoviri whose abbreviated names appear on these coins held the senior magistracy of the colony, making this issue an administrative record as much as a monetary one.