RPC IV.4, 1444

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1444
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙϚ = 16
Dating AD 152/3
Obverse inscription Φ[ΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹϹ]ΤΗ (?)
Edition Φαυστίνα Σεβασ{σ}τή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 22.48 g
Reference D 3285
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Dattari read the obverse legend as ]ΤΗ Φ[. If correct, the obverse legend is likely to have been ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹƐΒΑϹϹΤΗ, which is not otherwise found on drachms before year 17.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D 3285 = Naville Numismatics 76, 2 Oct. 2022, lot 242