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	Imp(erator) Traian[---]
Translation	Emperor Trajan [---]
Obverse design	laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription	C I F ANN CLXII
Edition	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)

Number	Number	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