RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 84624)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 84624)
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 259
Dating AD 213/14
Obverse inscription ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GER
Edition Antoninus Pius Aug(ustus) Ger(manicus)
Translation Antoninus Pius Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription C I F SINOP ANN CCLVIIII
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) Sinop(e) ann(o) CCLVIIII
Translation colony Iulia Felix Sinope, in the year 259
Reverse design Sarapis reclining left on garlanded couch, holding eagle and transverse sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 15.69 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Rec 129 corr., 133 corr. and 133b; Manisse 354 corr., 363 corr., 368–70 and 373
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Note Rec 129 was read as Year 52, Rec 133 was read as Year 55, but it is clear from Caracalla's portrait that both coins must date from Year 59.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     ✸ L BMC 57
— —     P: 802 (B 354) Rec 133 and Pl. XXVIII, 3 (rev.) = SNG 643
— —     NY: 1944.100.41878
— —     Sinop: 2-5-75 Casey 356 and Pl. 7
— —     Sinop: 3-18-71 Casey 357 and Pl. 7
— —     SNG von Aulock 6873