RPC IV.4, 2916

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2916
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 ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L Ϛ
Edition (ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation of year 6
Reverse design draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, right; (to left, crescent; to right, star); below, eagle standing, facing, head, left, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 21.63 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3631, Geissen 2117
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61615
2 2     Cologne Geissen 2117
3 3     ✸ D 3631 = Naville Numismatics 26, 23 Oct. 2016, lot 182 = Matthijs