RPC VII.2, 2781

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2781
Province Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCVIII = 308
Dating AD 238/9
Obverse inscription IMP GORDIANVS AVG
Edition Imperator Gordianus Augustus Imp(erator) Gordianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C R I F S AN CCCVIII
Edition colonia Romana Iulia Felix anno CCCVIII c(olonia) R(omana) I(ulia) F(elix) an(no) CCCVIII
Translation Roman colony Julia Felix Sinope, in the year 308
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.24 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 155
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 817 SNG 655 = Rec 155, pl. XXVIII, 20
2 2     ✸ Elsen 54, 1998, lot 621 = Münzzentrum 97, 1999, lot 369 = Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 Mar. 2020, lot 873
3 3     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 54
4 4     Nomos Obolos EA 23, 12 June 2022, lot 594