RPC IV.4, 1749

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1749
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
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Reverse design dolphin, downwards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1810/1–2, 1811/2, 4–9, 2116/1, 2186/1, 3, 2187/1–2, 2230/1, 2231/1–2, 2232/1–3. 1: same rev. die as 1747/1, 1808/4, 10, 1810/1–2.
Note The Η of the date is not very clear and might have been recut on the die from a Ζ. It was subsequently recut into a Θ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2567 SNG 2847
2 2     V: GR 24877