RPC IV.4, 1781

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1781
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 155/6
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Edition ἔτους ιθʹ (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design Sarapis seated, left, holding long sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; (on throne, small figure of Nike?)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.81 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3267
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Note It is an oddity that this reverse type is not found for Antoninus Pius or Marcus Caesar in this year. It does, however, occur on AE 33 for Antoninus Pius: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24050.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 549
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61503
3 3     ✸ A: D 2139 / 3256