RPC IV.4, 3429

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 3429
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Commodus
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Issue Year ΚΓ = 23
Dating AD 182/3
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Κρισπεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription L Κ[Γ (or Β?)
Edition (ἔτους) κγʹ
Translation of year 23
Reverse design kalathos on throne
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.95 g
Axis 12
Reference DS 9687
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 3397/1–2, 4–5, 3399/1, 3. 1–2: same rev. die as 3419/2, 4–5.
Note All other coins from this obverse die are of year 22. The reverse is die-linked to coins of Commodus with an obverse die otherwise used in year 23. As the reverse type is otherwise known for year 23 but not 22, dating to year 23 is more likely but year 22 cannot be excluded.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     CNG 120, 11 May 2022, lot 687
2 2     ✸ DS 9687 = Kunst und Münzen 42 (1980), 119 (Figari - Mosconi 960) = Künker 347, 22 Mar. 2021, lot 263