RPC IV.1, 10943 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 10943 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Apollonia Pontica
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΗΤΕΩΝ ΕΝ ΠΟΝΤΩ
Edition Ἀπολλωνιητέων ἐν Πόντῳ
Translation of the Apolloniates in Pontus
Reverse design eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings, fighting serpent erect before it
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.66 g
Axis 7
Reference Tachev Faustina II 2-13
Specimens 10 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1900/470
2 2     Sofia: 729, under 'Apollonia ad Rhyndacum', cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
3 3     Private coll. F. Jarman, Germany
4 4     ✸ priv Coll H.I.
5 5     Rauch 73, 17 May 2004, lot 430
7 7     CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 748
8 8     Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4633 (ex Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2339; Hirsch 314, 23 Sept. 2015, lot 2842) = Roma Numismatics EA 80, 4 Feb. 2021, lot 759
9 9     Gorny & Mosch EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, lot 4632
10 10     Naumann 77, 5 May 2019, lot 372
11 11     Leu WA 32, 7 Dec. 2024, lot 1022