RPC IV.4, 2918

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2918
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year Ϛ = 6
Dating AD 165/6
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹ[ΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ϹΗΜΑϹΙΑ L Ϛ
Edition σημασία (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation command, of year 6
Reverse design Semasia (or Alexandria), wearing elephant's-head cap, galloping, left, holding palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 16.74 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3633, M 2544
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61605
3 3     O: HCR33748 M 2544
4 4     A: D 2160A / 254/907
5 5     Frankfurt Förschner 722
6 6     ✸ D 3633 = Naville Numismatics 50, 23 June 2019, lot 301 = Matthijs