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
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina I, right
Reverse inscription ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Aphrodite standing, left, holding apple and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
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)