RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 19566)

 

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Coin type
Volume VIII
Number — (unassigned; ID 19566)
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 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 AN CCCVIX
Edition 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; at feet, wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.00 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 161c corr.
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Last letters of the date (VIX) retrograde, date should correctly read CCCXIV. Type described in Rec 161c as 'buste nu' and therefore given to Philip II Augustus, which seems unlikely.
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