RPC IV.4, 2652

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2652
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year Δ = 4
Dating AD 163/4
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L Δ
Edition (ἔτους) δʹ
Translation of year 4
Reverse design Cybele seated on throne, left, wearing veil, holding patera (or corn-ears), (resting arm on tympanum); between two lions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.10 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3629, DS 9383, 12309 (on pl. 195), Geissen 2112, M 2501
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms. Both Fittschen type V and Fittschen type VIII busts are found with this type.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1862,0614.289 BMC 1350, pl. VII (rev.)
2 2     L: 1903,1007.1 BMC Suppl 3086
3 3     P: 2552
4 4     NY: 1973.56.928
5 5     NY: 1944.100.61595
6 6     NY: 1944.100.61596
7 7     O: HCR33745
8 8     O: HCR33744 M 2501
9 9     ✸ A: D 2156A / 1896/7, IA 505/899
10 10     A: 6739
11 11     Bern: (Righetti 2767)
12 12     Cologne Geissen 2112
13 13     CNA 12 (1990), 279 illustrated KG 38.9
14 14     CNG 53 (15. 3. 2000), 1223
15 15     DS 9383 = Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 324
16 16     NAC 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1346 = Niggeler 762 (ex Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936), 984) = Matthijs