RPC IV.4, 1746

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1746
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
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription (L ΙΖ or) L ΙΗ
Edition (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design winged caduceus, serpent heads crowned with skhent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.98 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9132–4
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–8: same pair of dies. 2–8: same obv. die as 1626/1, 1627/1–2, 1745/1–2, 1802/1, 1915/1, 2016/1. 2–8: same rev. die as 1742/6.
Note Date hard to read. Possibly altered from L ΙΖ to L ΙΗ on the die? If so, the obverse die was carried over from year 17 into year 18, as also happened with an obverse die of Pius.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 5330 ? = Vogt 1924, II, p. 83 (B)
2 2     Cop: 546
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61575
4 4     A: D 2155 bis (?) / 3273
5 5     A: D 2104B(?) / 1896/7 IH, 489/873
6 6     Dattari = DS 9132
7 7     Dattari = DS 9134
8 8     DS 9133 = Naville Numismatics 54, 15 Dec. 2019, lot 322
9 9     Malloy 14 (2.7.1979), 355