RPC IX, 1222

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1222
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 temple with two columns enclosing Nemesis standing left, holding globe(?) and sword in sheath(?); at left, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.98 g
Axis 1
Reference Rec 162
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 2: same obv. die as 1221/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BNK,G.1011 BMC 62, pl. XXIII.10, rev.
2 2     Sinop Casey 405
3 3     private coll.