RPC III, 1217

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1217
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue Year 149
Dating AD 103/4
Obverse inscription [ ] AVG GER DAC
Edition --- Augustus Germanicus Dacicus [---] Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus) Dac(icus)
Translation [---] Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, right
Reverse inscription C I F ANN CXLIX
Edition colonia Iulia Felix anno CXLIX c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) ann(o) CXLIX
Translation the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 149
Reverse design Nemesis standing, left, holding up dress and with transverse sceptre; at feet, left, spoked wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.08 g
Reference Rec 105
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note This type figured on the coinage of Vespasian (RPC II, 717)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 783 Rec pl. XXVII, 17
2 2     Sinop: 5-10-72 Casey 333 and Pl. 6