RPC IV.4, 2009

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2009
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤ(Ε)ΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα 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 copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.90 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 9123
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 2003/1. 6–7: same obv. die as 2006/1, 2011/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.218 BMC Suppl 3078 corr.
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 0000.999.25330
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61613
5 5     A: D 2148B / 252/896
6 6     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 456 = Matthijs
7 7     DS 9123 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 312