RPC IV.4, 1915

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1915
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year Κ = 20
Dating AD 156/7
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L [Κ
Edition (ἔτους) κʹ
Translation Year 20
Reverse design serpent (Agathodaemon) erect, right, crowned with skhent, enfolding caduceus and club surmounted by hawk
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.50 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1626/1, 1627/1–2, 1745/1–2, 1746/2–8, 1802/1, 2016/1. 1: same rev. die as 1912/1–2.
Note The date is restored from coins which share the same reverse die. The obverse die was also used in years 17, 18, 19, and 21.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: 820-1950