RPC I, 2110


Image of specimen #3

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	2110
Province	Bithynia-Pontus
Region	Paphlagonia
City	Sinope
Reign	Roman Republic
Issue	Year 8
Dating	39/38 BC
Obverse inscription	C F I AN VIII
Edition	c(olonia) F(elix) I(ulia) an(no) VIII
Translation	the Julian colony of Felix (Sinope), year 8
Obverse design	bare head, right
Reverse inscription	EX D D
Edition	ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation	by decree of the decurions
Reverse design	bare head, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	25 mm
Average weight	8.78 g
Axis	11
Reference	Rec 203* n.
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)
Note	Rec was disinclined to accept the coin as an issue of Sinope because of uncertainty about the identity of the portraits. While this uncertainty remains, the attribution to Sinope seems virtually certain, especially in view of the use of C F I rather than C I F.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1		Formerly Grand Duc coll.	25				Show
2	2	Sinop: 5-2-73	Casey 300				the date is read as XVIII by Casey, p. 27 no. 300, but the X is not clear on the illustration	Show
3	3 ✸		Nomos 18, 5 May 2019, lot 287 = Nomos 23, 30 Nov. 2021, lot 207	25	8.78	11		Show