RPC I, 2108

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2108
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Roman Republic
Magistrate Gaius Vibius (duovir) ; Lucius Ponti— (duovir)
Dating Uncertain date – late 40s BC?
Obverse inscription C VIBI L PONTI IIVIR C F I
Edition C(aius) Vibi(us) L(ucius) Ponti(us) IIvir(i) c(olonia) F(elix) I(ulia)
Translation Gaius Vibius (and) Lucius Pontius, duovirs, the Julian colony Felix (Sinope)
Obverse design veiled head of Ceres (?), with wreath of ears of corn, right
Reverse inscription L PONTI C VIBI IIVIR C F I
Edition L(ucius) Ponti(us) C(aius) Vibi(us) IIvir(i) c(olonia) F(elix) I(ulia)
Translation Lucius Pontius (and) Gaius Vibius, duovirs, the Julian colony Felix (Sinope)
Reverse design decorated crescent above plough
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.53 g
Axis 6
Reference FITA 258 (Berytus)
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note See introduction for attribution to Sinope, which is not definite. — Coin 2: Same dies as the only other specimen (in Berlin); confirms the attribution to Sinope
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I KM 7, 4 with Taf. I.7
2 2     Sinop Casey 297