RPC IV.4, 1608

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1608
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 serpent with head of Sarapis erect, right, wearing kalathos, enfolding stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.59 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3294
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61581
2 2     A: D 2128 / 3246
3 3     Matthijs
4 4     ✸ Sotheby 9.3.1972, coll. Jungfleisch, 130