RPC IV.4, 2011

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2011
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹ[ΤΙΝΑ] ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Reverse design Roma (or Ares) seated on cuirass, left, holding Nike and parazonium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 3278
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 2006/1, 2009/6–7.
Note The figure is conventionally described as Ares but a similar figure is identified as Roma by inscriptions on some issues of AD 161. Ares (or Mars) is not normally shown as seated on Roman Provincial or Imperial coins. Compare https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24522, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24515, https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24546.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 408, 25 Oct. 2017, lot 360 = Matthijs
2 2     D 3278 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 411