RPC VIII, 2251

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number 2251
Province Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Philip I
Person (obv.) Philip II (Caesar)
Issue Year CCCXIV = 314
Dating AD 244/5
Obverse inscription IVL PHILIPPVS CAES
Edition Iulius Philippus Caesar Iul(ius) Philippus Caes(ar)
Translation Julius Philippus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription C R I F S AN CCCVIX
Edition colonia Romana Iulia Felix Sinope anno CCCVIX c(olonia) R(omana) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) an(no) CCCVIX
Translation the Roman colony of Julia Felix, Sinope, in the year 314
Reverse design arched shrine with two columns enclosing figure of Nemesis standing left, holding globe and cubit rule; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.64 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Rec 161
Specimens 15 (3 in the core collections)
Note Last letters of the date (VIX) retrograde, date should correctly read CCCXIV.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 820 SNG 659 = Rec 161, pl. XXVIII, 24
2 2     B: 18272879, I-B
3 3     V: GR 15393
4 4     Sinop: 3-1-81 Casey 399
5 5     Sinop: 1-2-71 Casey 400
6 6     Sinop: 10-6-77 Casey 401
7 7     Sinop: 19-3-78 Casey 402
8 8     Sinop: 4-2-85 Casey 403
9 9     Sinop: 7-2-75 Casey 404
10 10     Cast in Winterthur = Osman 1907, rev. only
11 11     Naumann 69, 2 Sept. 2018, lot 229
12 12     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 84
13 13     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 85
14 14     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 86
15 15     Sinope hoard = Oyarçin & Girgin 87