RPC I, 2119


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Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	2119
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Sinope
Reign	Augustus
Person (obv.)	Augustus
Person (rev.)	Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Issue	Year 37
Dating	10/9 BC
Obverse inscription	[C I F AN] XXXVII
Edition	c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) XXXVII
Translation	the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 37
Obverse design	bare head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription	EX D D
Edition	ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation	by decree of the decurions
Reverse design	jugate heads of Gaius and Lucius, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	8.96 g
Reference	Rec 86, FITA 253 (12)
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links	1, 3: same obv. die.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Note	More
1	1 ✸	P: 768	Rec, pl. P.2	21	8.96		Show
2	2		see Rec	21			Show
3	3	V: GR 15386		21		read as AN XXXIX by Rec 87, XXXII by FITA 253 (9) and XXXI by Eckhel (DNV II.392–3). It seems to be from the same obv. die as 1, however.	Show