RPC I, 2124

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2124
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 51
Dating AD 5/6
Obverse inscription C I F AN LI
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) LI
Translation the colony of Julia Felix (Sinope), year 51
Obverse design bare head of Augustus, left
Reverse inscription EX D D
Edition ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Reverse design vase in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.71 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 90a = 91, FITA 253 (17)
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note There is also a coin in Rec, described by FITA 253 (18) as having the same obv. and on the rev. an 'altar in wreath': this sounds very similar to the vase in wreath on Rec 90a, and the coin is therefore not given a separate entry here. —— Reverse type may be an altar rather than a vase.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.1247 vA 232
2 2     B: Rauch Rec, pl. XXVII.2
3 3     B: I-B Rec, 81
4 4     Milan: Rosa 2834
5 5     Istanbul: 650/1850
6 6     Sinop: 7-52-71 Casey 311
7 7     Jacquier Münzliste 16, Herbst’ 94, lot 297
8 8     CGT coll. = Naville Numismatics 20, 7 Feb. 2016, lot 239
9 9     Rex Numismatics E-Rex 2, 30 Sept. 2023, lot 204 (ex Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 166)
10 10     ✸ Bay Numismatics EA 4, 5 July 2024, lot 266
11 11     Ancient Numismatics Auctions 18, 22 Feb. 2025, lot 327