RPC IX, 1221

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1221
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCXIX = 319
Dating AD 249
Obverse inscription IMP TRAIAN DECIVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Traian(us) Decius Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Trajan Decius, Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C R I F S AN CCCXIX
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) an(no) cccxix
Translation Colony of Julia Felix Sinope, year 319
Reverse design bust of Sarapis, right, wearing kalathos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 10.74 g
Reference Rec 162a
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 1222/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Amsterdam: GR-05046
2 2     ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 68, 1998, lot 257 = Schulten, 26 Mar. 1981, lot 163