RPC I, 2109

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2109
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Roman Republic
Issue Year 8
Dating 39/38 BC
Obverse inscription C F I AN VIII
Edition c(olonia) F(elix) I(ulia) an(no) VIII
Translation the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 8
Obverse design laureate head (of Caesar?), right
Reverse inscription EX D D
Edition ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Reverse design clasped hands holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.22 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec —, FITA 253 (1)
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 376/1925
2 2     V: GR 34271 NZ 1921, 133 and Taf. VI.11
3 3     ✸ O NC 1935, 194, not illustrated
4 4     Harvard: 1983.56.16