RPC III, 1229

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1229
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Aelius (Caesar)
Issue Year 182
Dating AD 136/7
Obverse inscription L AELIVS CAESAR
Edition Lucius Aelius Caesar L(ucius) Aelius Caesar
Translation Lucius Aelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Aelius, right
Reverse inscription C I F ANN CLXXXII
Edition colonia Iulia Felix anno CLXXXII c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) ann(o) CLXXXII
Translation the Julian colony of Felix, in the year 182
Reverse design bearded head in archaistic style of Bacchus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.04 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 111
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1965,0203.1
2 2     P: 786 Rec pl. XXVII, 21
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     NY: 1944.100.41877 (ex Nanteuil coll. 681)
5 5     ✸ NAC 138, 18 May 2023, lot 698 = Leu 10, 29 May 1974, lot 161 = SNG vA 6872