RPC IV.4, 1610

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1610
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 monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with six columns, garlanded, (barriers between columns), uncertain figure at each end of base; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 25.23 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3307
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61583
3 3     D 3307 = Naville Numismatics 30, 2 Apr. 2017, lot 331 = Matthijs
4 4     Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18.3.1936), 930