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Æ21 - Augustus EX D D
| Issuer | Sinope (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 8 BC - 7 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing right, rendered in the idealized Roman imperial portrait style typical of Augustan provincial coinage. The effigy is depicted without laurel wreath or diadem, consistent with the bare-headed portrait type adopted for colonial bronze issues. The surrounding legend, partially visible due to the irregular flan, reads C I F AN XXXIX, referencing the colony of Sinope and its regnal year. The flan is somewhat rough and irregular, characteristic of hammered provincial bronze of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | C I F AN XXXIX |
| Reverse description | Jugate bare heads of Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar, the grandsons and designated heirs of Augustus, facing right. The two portraits are presented in close profile, one slightly overlapping the other, a compositional device commonly employed on Augustan dynastic issues to emphasize the imperial succession. The abbreviated legend EX D D, meaning ex decreto decurionum (by decree of the town council), appears in the field, attesting to the local civic authority behind the emission. The flan is broad but irregular, with the design somewhat flat and worn, as is typical of circulated colonial bronze from Paphlagonian Sinope. |
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