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Volume IV, № 6487 (temporary)

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Coin type
Volume IV
Number 6487 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Ma´nu VIII Philoromaios
Date 167-179, probably 167-169
Obverse inscription ΦΑVСΤΙΝΑ СƐΒΑСΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, r.
Reverse inscription ΒΑСΙΛƐVС ΜΑΝΝΟС ΦΙΛοΡ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Reverse design veiled(?) Juno/Demeter standing, l., holding patera over peacock and long sceptre
Metal Silver
Average diameter16 mm
Average weight 2.17 g
Type reference BMC 6
Correction
Specimens of this coin type
# Collection Bibliography Diameter Weight Axis Countermark Note Image Link
1 L BMC 6, pl. XIII.11
E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 234, no. 6, pl. III.6 (drawing) = Walker 3401: AR: 73.00%
16 mm 2.17 g 6 Pictured

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