RPC IV.2, 103 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 103 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Ilium
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Issue 4 (ΑΡΜΕΝΙΑΚΟϹ)
Dating c. 164–166
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστ(ή)
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΙΛΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἰλιέων
Translation of the Ilians
Reverse design to left, cow suspended from tree, right; in tree, man grasping her horn, slaughtering her with knife; to right, cult statue of Athena of Ilium standing on short column, left, wearing kalathos, holding transverse spear and spindle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.25 g
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference Bellinger T 167, von Fritze, Ilion 69
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 249 = Bellinger T 167, pl. 8
2 2     B: I-B von Fritze, Ilion 69, Beilage 63 (rev.)
3 3     P: 743
4 4     Bern: Righetti 801
5 5     Private coll. D.R. Smith
6 6     NY: 1953.171.696
7 7     ✸ Frank Sternberg 11 (20/11/1981), 274 = CNG Electronic Auction 254 (20/04/2011), lot 191
8 8     Çanakkale: Inv. 846 SNG Turkey 3.I, no. 621