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Æ21 - Tiberius EX D D C I F AN LXIIII
| Issuer | Sinope (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 18-19 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Multi-line Latin honorific inscription contained within a wreath, a standard civic presentation format for colonial decree coinage. The text records a public dedication by decree of the decurions of Colonia Iulia Felix Sinopensis, with the notation of the year AN(NO) LXIIII indicating the 64th year of the colony. The wreath encloses the abbreviated formula EX D D C I F AN LXIIII, signifying ex decreto decurionum coloniae Iuliae Felicis anno LXIIII. This reverse type is characteristic of the commemorative civic issues struck at Sinope under Tiberius in honor of Drusus. |
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| Reverse lettering | EX D D C I F AN LXIIII |
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Sinope's colonial status under Rome was formalized by Julius Caesar in 47 BC, when he refounded it as Colonia Iulia Felix — one of the few Pontic cities to receive full Roman colonial privileges rather than merely allied status. The EX D D in the legend abbreviates ex decreto decurionum, indicating the local senate authorized this strike, a civic formality that mattered considerably to colonists anxious to perform Roman identity at the frontier of the empire. The AN LXIIII calculates the city's 64th year from that Caesarian foundation, placing this bronze squarely in the early reign of Tiberius.