Æ, ca. 46/45 BC, SINOPE
Collection Dr. W. R. - From the Civil Wars of the Late Roman Republic to the Beginnings of the Roman Empire
ASIA, PONTUS ET BITHYNIA
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Æ, ca. 46/45 BC, SINOPE, Proconsul Sulpicius Rufus,
15 mm, 3.29 g.
COLON FEL SIN – P SVLP, head of Tyche r.// PROCOS PONTIFE P. SVL-PIC-IVS, sacrificial implements,
RPC cf. 2107 (larger nominal); Stumpf cf. 139 (larger nominal).
RR Good very fine
Ex Kölner Münzkabinett 103, Cologne 2015, lot 259.
Clumsy script, that is difficult to read; obviously, the die cutter was not familiar with the Latin alphabet.
Ungelenke und schwer zu lesende Schrift. Offensichtlich war der Stempelschneider nicht mit der lateinischen Schrift vertraut.