RPC IV.2, 1468 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #20

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1468 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Nysa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Group 2 (incudes coins of Faustina II with hairstyle Fittschen 8)
Dating c. 162–165, probably c. 162–163
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΝΥϹΑΕΩΝ
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, struggling with Persephone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Regling, Nysa 99, Cop 318–19
Specimens 20 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     B: (Löbb)
3 3     C: Lewis 1477
4 4     P: 860
5 5     P: 861, obverse and reverse tooled
6 6     P: Duplicates
7 7     P: Duplicates, reverse legend obscure
8 8     Cop: 318
9 9     Cop: 319
10 10     V: GR 31948, under 'Caria'
11 11     Peus 366 (29/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 712, pl. 37 = CNG Mail Bid Sale 69 (08/06/2005), 1000 = CNG Mail Bid Sale 73 (13/09/2006), 719
12 12     Mu SNG 371
13 13     NY: 1956.28.276
14 14     Prowe III, 1509, pl. XXIV
15 15     Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 37 (24/06/2017), 271
16 16     Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner 32 (24/10/2015), 34272
17 17     Tübingen: coll. Hommel SNG 3736
18 18     Numismatik Naumann 45 (03/07/2016), 460
19 19     Pecunem Numismatik Naumann 21 (07/09/2014), 404
20 20     ✸ Aufhäuser 11 (21/03/1995), 265 = Helios Numismatik 5 (25/06/2010), 818 = GRPCL Nysa 123