RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62800)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62800)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCXXXV = 335
Dating 265/6
Obverse inscription IMI GALLIENVS AVΙΓ
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C I F S AN CCCXXV
Edition C(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) an(no) CCCXXV
Translation the Julio-Felix colony of Sinope, in the year 325
Reverse design Sarapis reclining left on couch holding eagle on left arm; to left, star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.77 g
Axis 6, 7, 8, 9
Reference Rec (1st ed.) 169 corr. = Rec (2nd ed.) 165b; Manisse 610–611 (325), 642 (335)
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note The obverse die links indicate that the date should be 330 or 335; as a V can be seen, it should be 335.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     V: 15395 Rec (1st ed.) 169 = Rec (2nd ed.) 165b = W. Kubitschek, NZ 1908, p. 72 and pl. VIII, 4 = Manisse 611
— —     A: FHW 3-469 Manisse 642 (not illustrated)
— —     Sinop: 24-4-80 Casey 410 (Valerian, CCC-X-V) = Manisse 610
— —     ✸ CNG EA 442, 17 Apr. 2019, lot 654 = Mūnz Zentrum 159, 4 May 2011, lot 303 (interpreting the date as 340)