RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62807)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62807)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCXXVIIII = 329
Dating AD 259/60
Obverse inscription IMP VALERIANVS AVG
Edition Imperator Valerianus Augustus Imp(erator) Valerianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Valerian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C I F S AN CCXXVIIII (?)
Edition colonia Iulia Felix Sinope anno CCXXVIIII c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) an(no) CCXXVIIII
Translation the Iulia Felix colony of Sinope, year 329
Reverse design archaic head, facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.09 g
Axis 3, 7, 12
Reference Rec 165; Manisse 603-605
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     B: Rauch Rec 165 ('style barbare') (not illustrated) = Manisse 603
— —     Mu Manisse 605 (not illustrated)
— —     Sinop: 7-20-21 Casey 408 = Manisse 604
— —     Sinop: 2015.64 Sinope hoard 122 (CCCXXVIIII)
— —     Sinop: 2015.88 Sinope hoard 123 (CCCX[X]VIIII)
— —     ✸ Leu EA 2, 3 Dec. 2017, lot 389 (reading [C I F S ANN] CCXXV[IIII])