RPC IV.1, 4940 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4940 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription IMP AVREL ANTONINO AVG (Vs shaped as U)
Edition Imp(eratori) Aurel(io) Antonino Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription C I F SINOPE ANN CCVII (V shaped as U)
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) Sinope ann(o) CCVII
Translation colony of Julia Felix Sinope, in the year 207
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.23 g
Axis 7, 8
Reference Rec 115 corr.
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Rauch K. Regling, NZ 41 (1909), p. 15
2 2     ex Grand Duc coll. = Rec 115, pl. suppl. P.7
3 3     ✸ V: GR 34272
4 4     MMAG 41 (18/06/1970), 346, pl. 18 = Frank Sternberg 21 (14/11/1988), 436