RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84437)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84437)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Macrinus
Person (obv.) Diadumenian (Caesar)
Issue Year 261
Dating AD 215/6
Obverse inscription M OPEL DIADVMENIANVS CAES
Edition M(arcus) Opel(lius) Diadumenianus Caes(ar)
Translation Marcus Opellius Diadumenianus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Diadumenian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription C I F SINOP AN CCLXI
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) Sinop(e) an(no) CCLXI
Translation the Julian colony of Felix Sinope, in the year 261
Reverse design Sarapis seated left, extending right hand over Cerberus and resting on sceptre with his left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 13.50 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 144a; Manisse 433-5
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ CNG EA 398, 31 May 2017, lot 396 (ex Lanz 82, 24 Nov. 1997, lot 535)