RPC VII.2, 2788

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2788
Province Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCXI = 311
Dating AD 241/2
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 CCCXI
Edition colonia Romana Iulia Felix Sinope anno CCCXI c(olonia) R(omana) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) an(no) CCCXI
Translation the Roman colony of Julia Felix, Sinope, in the year 311
Reverse design Sarapis reclining left on kline, holding eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.72 g
Axis 3, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Rec 157
Specimens 19 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 3, 9: same obv. die as 2784/1. 8, 19: same obv. die as 2787/2. 9, 18: same rev. die.
Note Rec 157a describes a similar coin with the date CCCXII, giving references to St-Petersburg and the Prowe coll. (not ill.).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18272866, I-B Rec 157
2 2     B: 18272867, Löbb. Rec 157
3 3     V: GR 31249
4 4     ✸ V: GR 31248
5 5     Sinop: 4-1-89 Casey 374
6 6     Sinop: 6-5-72 Casey 383
7 7     Sinop: 5-1-72 Casey 384
8 8     Sinop: 24-1-80 Casey 385, with date read as CCCXII
9 9     Sinop: 7-43-73 Casey 386, with date read as CCCXII
10 10     Lindgren I, A93A
11 11     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 55
12 12     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 57
13 13     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 58
14 14     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 59
15 15     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 60
16 16     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 61
17 17     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 62
18 18     SNG Stancomb 1061 = Roma Numismatics EA 71, 28 May 2020, lot 173
19 19     Numismatik Naumann 151, 6 Apr. 2025, lot 266