RPC IV.2, 1097 (temporary)

 

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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 Lucius Aischrion (strategos)
Dating 147–161, perhaps soon after 147
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II (?), right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ Λ ΑΙϹΧΡΙΩΝΟϹ ΕΡΥΦΡΑΙΩΝ (last two letters in field and retrograde)
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Λ(ουκίου) Αἰσχρίωνος Ἐρυφραίων
Translation under the strategos Lucius Aischrion, of the Erythraeans
Reverse design nude Heracles standing, right, brandishing club and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.27 g
Axis 6
Reference F. Imhoof-Blumer, RSN 19 (1913), 36, no. 102
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

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