RPC VI, 6494


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6494 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	VI
Number	6494 (temporary)
Province	Galatia
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Sinope
Reign	Severus Alexander
Person (obv.)	Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Issue	AN CCXCIIII = 294
Dating	224/5
Obverse inscription	SEV ALEXAND AV
Edition	Sev(erus) Alexand(er) Au(gustus)
Translation	Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	C I F S A CCXCIIII
Edition	C(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) a(nno) CCXCIIII
Translation	Colony of Julia Felix Sinope, in the year 294
Reverse design	fish
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	2.75 g
Axis	6, 12
Reference	Rec 147
Specimens	6 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L: 1840,1226.342	BMC 60 = Rec 147.1	15	2.26	6		Show
2	2	V: GR 05044		17	2.88			Show
3	3	Freiburg: 11515		20	2.83	6		Show
4	4	Istanbul: 762/638		20	2.90	12		Show
5	5		Rec 147.2	17			Grand-Duc Coll.	Show
6	6	Freiburg: 14039		16	2.86	6		Show