RPC IV.2, 1427 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1427 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina I (Augusta)
Issue Faustina I
Dating 138–140
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤ(Ε)ΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina I, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Σαρδιανῶν
Translation of the Sardians
Reverse design Aphrodite standing, left, holding apple and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.19 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Hochard 1952-3, BMC 140
Specimens 10 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 140 GRPCL Sardes (Sardis) 442 (not illustrated)
2 2     vA 3153 = Hochard 1953a, pl. 111
3 3     Sardis Excavations 288
4 4     Princeton: Inv. 3531 Levy-Bastien 1689, pl. XXV = Sardis Excavations (1910–14) 291
5 5     ✸ P: 1240 Hochard 1952a, pl. 111
6 6     Sardis Excavations 1985–5, not found at site
7 7     Naville Numismatics 24 (17/07/2016), 325
8 8     Numismatik Naumann 52 (02/04/2017), 1281 = GRPCL Sardes (Sardis) 441
9 9     Manisa: 16037 Önder 290
10 10     Manisa: 17632 Önder 290a (not illustrated)