RPC I, 2125

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2125
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Issue Year 59
Dating AD 13/14
Obverse inscription C I F AN LIX
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) LIX
Translation the colony of Julia Felix (Sinope), year 59
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 head of Livia, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.52 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 90b, FITA 253 (19)
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note The new Demos example suggests the head on the reverse is Livia, rather than Tyche.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     see Rec, pl. P.3
2 2     ✸ Demos 16, 3 Feb. 2023, lot 615 = Kybele Numismatics 3, 24 Apr. 2024, lot 647