RPC I, 2115

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2115
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Julius Caesar (Divus)
Person (rev.) Augustus
Issue Year 23
Dating 24/23 BC
Obverse inscription C I F AN XXIII
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) XXIII
Translation the colony of Julia Felix (Sinope), year 23
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 bare head of Augustus?, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 6.53 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 81 = 84, FITA 253 (7)
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–2, 4: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 764 Rec, pl. XXVI.31
2 2     V: GR 15385 Eckhel, Antioch 31
3 3     N: 7743 see Rec
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Sinop: 6-4-72
6 6     Sinop: 5-5-72
7 7     Naumann 76, 7 Apr. 2019, lot 247
8 8     ✸ CNG 99, 13 May 2015, lot 443
9 9     N&N London EA 41, 2 Dec. 2023, lot 444
10 10     Leu WA 9, 7 Sept. 2019, lot 667