RPC VII.2, 2789

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 2789
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 standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 158 corr.
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note Given to year 312 by Rec 158. According to Rec, the date on the Milan coin is off flan. Rec cites also a specimen from the Grand Duc coll. (not ill.). However, the new coins from the Sinope hoard, probably of the same dies as the P specimen, clearly allow to read the date CCCXI and therefore Rec 158 should be given to year 311.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 818 SNG 656 = Rec 158, pl. XXVIII, 21
2 2     Milan: Brera 7349
3 3     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 64
4 4     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 65
5 5     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 66
6 6     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 68