Imp(erator) Nerva Caesar Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) Co(n)s(ul) III P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation
Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus, chief priest, with tribunician power, consul for the third time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design
laureate head of Nerva, right
Reverse inscription
C I F ANN CXLI
Edition
c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) ann(o) CXLI
Translation
the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 141
Reverse design
female figure standing left, raising hand and holding transverse sceptre
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
25 mm
Average weight
8.05 g
Axis
5
Reference
Rec 104
Specimens
3 (1 in the core collections)
Note
If the date on the reverse is correct, the chronology is very tight as this coin was struck between 19th and 31st September 96. What the authors of the Recueil describe as a Phrygian cap is just a metal defect on the surface of coin 1. The figure might be identified as Isis, though her sistrum cannot be seen, but the general attitude is like RPC II, 716
