RPC I, 2113

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2113
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Augustus
Issue Year ?20
Dating 27/26 BC
Obverse inscription C I F AN XX (?)
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) XX
Translation the colony of Julia Felix (Sinope), year 20
Obverse design facing bull's head
Reverse inscription EX D D
Edition ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Reverse design plough (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.64 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec —, FITA 253 (5)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The reading AN XX is extremely unsure. Grant described the rev. as a simpulum.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18242204, B-I KM 7, 5 with Taf. I.6