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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