RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 89925)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 89925)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Sinope
Reign Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.) Valerian (Augustus)
Issue Year CCCXXVIIII = 329
Dating AD 259/60
Obverse inscription IMP VALERIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Valerianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Valerian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription C I F S AN CCXXVIIII
Edition c(olonia) I(ulia) F(elix) S(inope) an(no) CCXXVIIII
Translation the Iulia Felix colony of Sinope, year 329
Reverse design arched shrine or temple with two columns and curved canopy, enclosing Nemesis, holding globe and cubit rule; to left, griffin;; to right, wheel and star
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.35 g
Axis 4, 5
Reference Rec —; Manisse —
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required. Although the readings of the dates are not certain, the obverse die seems to have been used in year 329, so these coins are tentatively assigned to that year.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
— —     Sinop: 2015.112 Sinope hoard 108 (CCCX[XIII])
— —     ✸ Sinop: 2015.41 Sinope hoard 109 (CCCX[XIII])
— —     Sinop: 2015.14 Sinope hoard 110 ([CCC]XXIII)
— —     Sinop: 2015.141 Sinope hoard 111 ([CCC]XXVIII)