RPC IV.4, 1075

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1075
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΑ = 11
Dating AD 147/8
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ ϹΕΒ ΘΥΓΑ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
Reverse design female figure (Laetitia = Euphrosyne?) standing, facing, head, left, wearing stephane, holding taenia and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference DS 9117
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Note The figure was copied from that of Laetitia (LAETITIAE PVBLICAE) on the imperial coinage in all metals in the name of Faustina II celebrating the birth of her first child in AD 147: Beckmann 2021, pp. 26-7. Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/23349.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2565 SNG 2798
2 2     NY: 1974.26.3841
3 3     O: HCR34397
4 4     Milan SNG 1334 corr.
5 5     ✸ DS 9117 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 177 (Staffieri) (Figari - Mosconi 845) = Private coll. OTH