RPC IV.2, 1097 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1097 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Erythrae
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate L. Aischrion (strategos)
Dating 147-161, perhaps soon after 147
Obverse inscription ΦΑVϹΤƐΙΝΑ ϹƐΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II (?), r.
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡ Λ ΑΙϹΧΡΙΩΝΟϹ ƐΡVΦΡΑΙΩΝ (last two letters in field and retrograde)
Reverse design nude Heracles standing, r., brandishing club and spear
Metal Æ
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference F. Imhoof-Blumer, RSN 19 (1913), 36, no. 102
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I F. Imhoof-Blumer, RSN 19 (1913), 36, no. 102