RPC III, 1221

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 1221
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 168
Dating AD 122/3
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Edition Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Trai(anus) Hadrianus Augustus
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription C I F ANN CLXVIII
Edition colonia Iulia Felix anno CLXVIII c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) ann(o) CLXVIII
Translation the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 168
Reverse design Athena/Roma standing facing, head left, holding spear in her right hand, her left resting on shield set on a small base (altar?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.36 g
Reference Rec 107 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 785 (M 4716) Rec pl. XXVII, 20
2 2     Sinop: 9-16-74 Casey 337 and Pl. 6