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Æ27 - Gallienus C I F S AN CCCXXV

Features

Issuer Sinope (Bithynia and Pontus)
Emperor Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 265-266
Composition Bronze
Weight 11.77 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
567286
References RPC Online X# 62800
British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 10. From Valerian to Diocletian (AD 253–297). British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, right, seen from rear

Lettering: IMI GALLIENVS AVΙΓ

Unabridged legend: Imperator Gallienus Auγustus

Translation: Emperor Gallienus Augustus

Reverse

Sarapis reclining left on couch holding eagle on left arm; to left, star

Lettering: C I F S AN CCCXXV

Unabridged legend: colonia Iulia Felix Sinope anno CCCXXV

Translation: the Julio-Felix colony of Sinope, in the year 325

Mint

Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, Turkey

Comments

Rec (1st ed.) 169 corr. = Rec (2nd ed.) 165b; Manisse 610–611 (325), 642 (335)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (265-266) 

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