RPC IV.4, 3110

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3110
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year Θ = 9
Dating AD 168/9
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L Θ
Edition (ἔτους) θʹ
Translation of year 9
Reverse design Tyche seated, left, wearing kalathos, resting hand on rudder, holding cornucopia
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.77 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 3613
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Note On one reverse die it looks as though the date may have been recut from year 8 but the type is not known for year 8.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     V: GR 24870
3 3     A: D 2162A / 3282
4 4     D 3613 = Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 360