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Æ25 EX D D
| Issuer | Sinope (Bithynia and Pontus) |
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| Year | 39 BC - 38 BC |
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| Weight | 12.22 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two clasped right hands (dextrarum iunctio) prominently displayed in the central field, grasping the shaft of a cornucopia, symbolising concordia and the prosperity of the colony. The motif is rendered in bold relief, characteristic of provincial Roman hammered bronzes of the late Republican period. The Latin legend EX D D appears in the lower field, an abbreviation for Ex Decreto Decurionum, indicating the coin was issued by decree of the town council of the Roman colony of Sinope. The overall composition is compact and well-centred despite the irregular flan. |
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Sinope's status as a Roman colony — established by Julius Caesar in 47 BC — gives this issue its authority. The abbreviation EX D D, expanding to ex decreto decurionum, records that the coin was struck by formal vote of the town council, a distinctly Roman colonial administrative formula transplanted onto the southern Black Sea coast. The dating to 38–39 BC places it squarely in the early Triumviral period, when such colonial mints were asserting Roman civic identity in recently reorganized territories.