RPC IV.4, 1608

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1608
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ ΘΥΓ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστὴ Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς θυγάτηρ Φαυστῖνα Σεβ(αστὴ) Σεβ(αστοῦ) Εὐσ(εβοῦς) θυγ(άτηρ)
Translation Faustina Augusta, daughter of Augustus Pius
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition ἔτους ιζʹ (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design serpent with head of Sarapis erect, right, wearing kalathos, enfolding stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.59 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3294
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.61581
2 2     A: D 2128 / 3246
3 3     Matthijs
4 4     ✸ Sotheby 9.3.1972, coll. Jungfleisch, 130