RPC I, 2126

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 2126
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Tiberius
Person (obv.) Augustus (Divus)
Person (rev.) Livia (Augusta)
Issue Year 63 (or 64?)
Dating 17/18 (or 18/19)
Obverse inscription EX [D D]
Edition ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation by decree of the decurions
Obverse design radiate head of Augustus, left; to left, thunderbolt
Reverse inscription C I F AN LXIII[
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) LXIII[---]
Translation the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 63[---]
Reverse design seated figure of Livia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.24 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note The year might be LXIII or LXIIII; in the latter case, the coin would form a pair with the coin of Drusus, and one might expect a type for Tiberius, too.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu: 15a
2 2     N&N London EA 12, 21 Jan. 2023, lot 398