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A private letter from Koprias to Sarapion, assuring him that the matter of the wines has been handled, commending a certain Apolinarios to him, and asking him to exchange 4 talents of new silver coin for Koprias's urgent needs, with a warning not to cheat him. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD, possibly from Memphis.
"New silver" probably refers to newly issued coinage after the monetary reforms of the late 3rd century; "exchange" (metaballesthai) suggests conversion of money. The provenance Memphis is uncertain, though the papyrus was found among the Oxyrhynchus papyri.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter from Coprias to Sarapion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[v] κυρίῳ μου Σαραπίωνι Κοπρίας εὖ πράσσειν. καθώς μοι ἐνετείλω πρόνοια ἡ προσήκουσά σοι γέγονεν ἐν τοῖς οἴνοις. ἀμεριμνεῖν οὖν κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος ὀφείλεις. τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἀπολινάριον παρακατατίθεμαί σου τῇ χρηστότητι ὅνπερ οὐδὲ αὐτὸς ἀγνοεῖς. ἐπιδώσεις οὖν σεαυτὸν ἐν οἷς ἐὰν σου δ…
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