RPC IV.4, 1679

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1679
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition ἔτους ιηʹ (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, (from which issues Genius holding wreath)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.75 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Geissen 1978
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1903,0307.1 BMC Suppl 3077
2 2     P: 2597 SNG 2843
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     ✸ A: D 2134 / 3251
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1978