RPC IV.2, 1074 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1074 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Marcus Aurelius: Faustina II with hairstyle Fittschen 7
Dating c. 161–176
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design cult statue of nude Apollo Didymeus standing, right, holding stag and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Roch XX.1, Temporini 352, no. I.4, BMC 159
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 159 Temporini 352, no. I.4, pl. 76
3 3     B: 18292770, 1873 Fox
4 4     NY: 1944.100.46600
5 5     Yale: 2004.6.2746, ex PRF
6 6     V-ON Leypold II, no. 698.1
7 7     Ex private coll. R. Pudill, sold as part of lot by Fritz Rudolf Künker 288 (13/03/2017)
8 8     ✸ PK Coll. = Numismatik Naumann 97 (06/12/2020), 1223, ex private collection Plankenhorn
9 9     Private coll. Tom Vossen
10 10     Numismatik Naumann 87 (01/03/2020), 295
11 11     Balat: M74002 Baldus, Didyma 581 (not illustrated)
12 12     Balat: M86022 Baldus, Didyma 582 (not illustrated, attribution uncertain, perhaps similar type https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/38252)