RPC VIII, 2241

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2241
Province Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip I (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCXIV = 314
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription IMP IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
Edition Imperator Iulius Philippus Augustus Imp(erator) Iul(ius) Philippus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Julius Philippus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C R I F S ANN CCCXIV
Edition colonia Romana Iulia Felix Sinope anno CCCXIV c(olonia) R(omana) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) ann(o) CCCXIV
Translation the Roman colony of Julia Felix, Sinope, in the year 314
Reverse design Sarapis reclining left on kline, holding eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.16 g
Axis 6, 9
Reference Rec 160a
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note Variously arranged rev. legend: on coin https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/101141, the date is in the exergue and retrograde (VIXCCC).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sinop: 4-1-82 Casey 390
2 2     Sinop: 5-1-87 Casey 391
3 3     Naumann 145, 6 Oct. 2024, lot 315 = Naumann 138, 3 Mar. 2024, lot 307 = Rex Numismatics E-Rex 1, 15 July 2023, lot 292
4 4     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 81
5 5     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 82
6 6     ✸ SNG Stancomb 1062 = Roma EA 73, 23 July 2020, lot 170