RPC IV.4, 1609

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1609
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 winged sphinx, wearing kalathos, seated, right, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.43 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3313, pl. III (obv.)
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2596 SNG 2842
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61586
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61585
4 4     A: D 2127 / 3245
5 5     CNG Mail Bid Sale 81/1 (20. 5. 2009), 880
6 6     CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 880
7 7     D 3313 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 383 (Figari - Mosconi 849)
8 8     ✸ Malter 28 (8. 12. 1984), coll. Ruzicka, 71 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 124