RPC IV.4, 1963

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1963
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 21
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, left, head, right, holding reed and cornucopia, (from which Genius issues, holding wreath)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.22 g
Axis 12
Reference Geissen 1989
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1860,0327.174 BMC 1329, pl. XX (rev.)
2 2     ✸ B: (v. Gansauge 1873)
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     V: GR 24902
5 5     A: D 2148A / 1896/7, IA 504a/898
6 6     Cologne Geissen 1989
7 7     CNG EA 319, 29 Jan. 2014, lot 305
8 8     MünzZentrum 152 (2. 9. 2009), 429
9 9     MünzZentrum 52 (12.11.1984), 838