RPC IV.4, 1603

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1603
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 ϹΕΒΑϹ(Ϲ)ΤΗ
Edition Φαυστίνα Σεβασ{σ}τή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΖΙ
Edition (ἔτους) ζιʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia; (below, water plants)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 20.05 g
Axis 12
Reference Milan SNG 1341?
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same rev. die as 1546/1, 1547/1, 1604/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 466/1915
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61579
3 3     Milan SNG 1341 corr.