RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 62810)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 62810)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Gallienus (sole reign)
Person (obv.) Gallienus (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCXXX = 330
Dating AD 260/1
Obverse inscription IMP C GALLIENVS AV[ ]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C I F S AN CCCXXX
Edition C(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) an(no) CCCXXX
Translation Colony Julia Felix Sinope in the year 330
Reverse design Bacchus standing left, holding thyrsus in left and holding hand over panther (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 11.76 g
Axis 7
Reference Rec 165a,corr.; Manisse 620
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Rec (1st ed.) 170 read the date as CCCXU = CCCXL and interpreted it as 270/1 (= 340) with the comment: 'Ces deux pièces (nos 169 et 170 ont eté frappées après la mort de Gallien (mars 268).' This seems intrinsically unlikely, and CCCXXV seems more likely, as was decided for the second edition of Rec (165a), or even CCCXXX. Otherwise, the type is known for sure only for year 330. Both editions of Rec gave the obverse legend as IMP LIC AN GALLIENVS AVG. The reading here is that of Kubitsc.hek. The 'panther' looks more like a standing figure, as on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/90068.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ V: 13394 W. Kubitschek, NZ 1908, pp. 135-6, and pl. VIII.6 (rev. only) = Rec 165a (not illustrated) = Manisse 620