RPC I, 2123

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2123
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Tiberius (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Augustus
Issue Year 50
Dating AD 4/5
Obverse inscription C I F AN L
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) L
Translation tthe colony of Julia Felix (Sinope), year 50
Obverse design bare head of Tiberius?, left
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 21 mm
Average weight 7.09 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Rec 90 = ?82, FITA 253 (16)
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rec regarded the head on the rev. as that of Julius Caesar.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. ?Rec 82
2 2     Formerly Grand Duc coll.
3 3     Sinop: 24-6-80 Casey 312
4 4     Zeus Numismatics EA 21, 26 Dec. 2021, lot 407
5 5     ✸ Bucephalus Numismatic Black 20, 25–27 May 2023, lot 934