RPC III, 1220


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	1220
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Sinope
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	Year 162
Dating	AD 117
Obverse inscription	IMP TRAIAN[ ]
Edition	Imperator Traian--- Imp(erator) Traian[---]
Translation	Emperor Trajan [---]
Obverse design	laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription	C I F ANN CLXII
Edition	colonia Iulia Felix anno CLXII c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) ann(o) CLXII
Translation	the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), in the year 162
Reverse design	veiled female figure standing, facing
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	20 mm
Average weight	5.71 g
Reference	Rec 106 corr.
Specimens	1 (1 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			P: 784	Rec pl. XXVII, 18	20	5.71		the authors of the Recueil attribute the coin to Trajan, but it seems clear that it is a portrait of Hadrian. The chronology is tight again as this coin was struck between 11th August and 31st September 117	Show