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 colonia Iulia Felix anno LIX 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 decreto decurionum 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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# Specimen 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