RPC II, 720

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume II
Number 720
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Vespasian
Person (obv.) Titus (Caesar)
Issue Year 122 = AD 76/7
Obverse inscription T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS PON TR P
Edition T(itus) Caesar Imp(erator) Vespasianus Pon(tifex) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate)
Translation Titus Caesar, Emperor Vespasian, High Priest, with Tribunician Power
Obverse design laureate bust of Titus, right
Reverse inscription C I F AN CXXII
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) CXXII
Translation the Julian Colony of Felix (Sinope), in the year 122
Reverse design Sarapis reclining, right, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 10.97 g
Axis 1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note There seems to be the Greek letter Ξ just below the figure of Sarapis.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Aufhäuser 7, 1990, lot 392 = Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 423
2 2     A. Tricarico coll. (ex Savoca 20 Blue, 18 May 2019, lot 834)