RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84623)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84623)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Septimius Severus
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 253
Dating AD 207/8
Obverse inscription IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS A
Edition Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Imp(erator) C(aesar) M(arcus) Aur(elius) Antoninus A(ugustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C I F SINOP ANN CCLIII
Edition colonia Iulia Felix Sinopensis anno CCLIII c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) Sinop(ensis) ann(o) CCLIII
Translation the colony Iulia Felix Sinope, in the year 253
Reverse design Cybele enthroned right between two seated lions, resting left on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.15 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 131a; Manisse 375
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Usually dated Year 252, but 253 seems more likely;
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ B: 18220820, 1906 Löbbecke Rec 131a and Pl. Supp. P, 10