RPC IV.4, 2062

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2062
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ L ΚΒ
Reverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same rev. die as 2061/1.
Note On one die the date was added later, so that coins exist with and without the date, see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24312.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.59002
2 2     ✸ CNA 18 (3. 12. 1991), 409 = CNG Triton XXI, 9 Jan. 2018, lot 146 (Staffieri)