RPC I, 2122

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2122
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Person (rev.) Gaius (Caesar) ; Lucius (Caesar)
Issue Year 42
Dating 5/4 BC
Obverse inscription C I F AN XLII
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) XLII
Translation the colony of Julia Felix (Sinope), year 42
Obverse design laureate head of Augustus, right
Reverse inscription EX D D
Edition ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Reverse design heads of Gaius and Lucius, facing each other
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.39 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 89, FITA 253 (15)
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 771
2 2     P: 770 Rec, pl. XXVII.1
3 3     NY: 1944.100.41872
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     CGT coll. (ex VAuction 315, 23 April 2015, lot 94)
6 6     CNG EA 541, 28 June 2023, lot 311
8 8     ✸ Rex Numismatics E-Rex Privatus 25, 8 July 2025, lot 145 (ex Rex Numismatics E-Rex 2, 30 Sept. 2023, lot 205)