RPC III, 1227

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1227
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Sabina (Augusta)
Issue Year 17[ ]
Obverse inscription [ ] AVGVSTA
Nominative Sabina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Sabina, right
Reverse inscription C I F CLXX[?], ANN (in ex.)
Reverse design Apollo, naked, standing facing, holding laurel-branch in right hand in canopied shrine with two columns
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Reference Rec 109
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Note This type figured on the coinage of Vespasian (RPC II, 714). If the coin was dated from year 170 = AD 124/5, it would anticipate the official coinage which starts in AD 128

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb. Rec pl. XXVII, 19
2 2     Sinop: 20-1-80 Casey 338 and Pl. 6