RPC IV.4, 1602

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1602
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ ΘΥΓ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβ(αστὴ) Σεβ(αστοῦ) Εὐσ(εβοῦς) Θυγ(άτηρ)
Translation Faustina Augusta, daughter of Pius Augustus
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath; before, dome, in front of which stands Genius; below, water-plants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.70 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3291, DS 9121
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61578
2 2     O: HCR33739 M 2236 corr.
3 3     A: D 2126 / 3244
4 4     ✸ CNG 41 (19. 3. 1997), 1195
5 5     D 3291 = Naville Numismatics 75, 31 July 2022, lot 363
6 6     DS 9121 = Naville Numismatics 41, 24 June 2018, lot 360
7 7     Elsen 134, 9 Sept. 2017, lot 549 = Matthijs
8 8     Stack's 10. 6. 1970, coll. Knobloch, 576 = Triton 6 (14. 1. 2003), 599