RPC IV.2, 11402 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 11402 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Lydia
City Apollonis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Without personal name but similar to the issues of Hermokrates, son of Aischrion, under Marcus
Dating c. 161–176 (perhaps 166 – soon after 169)
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design Demeter standing, facing, head, left, holding kalathos containing ears of corn in right hand and individual ears of corn(?) in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll. CGT = Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 937, ex private collection Plankenhorn, Germany
2 2     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 49 (08/01/2017), 435 = GRPCL Apollonis 46, ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser