RPC IV.4, 1609

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1609
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 winged sphinx, wearing kalathos, seated, right, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.43 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3313, pl. III (obv.)
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2596 SNG 2842
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61586
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61585
4 4     A: D 2127 / 3245
5 5     CNG Mail Bid Sale 81/1 (20. 5. 2009), 880
6 6     CNG MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 880
7 7     D 3313 = Karl Kress 154 (1972), 383 (Figari - Mosconi 849)
8 8     ✸ Malter 28 (8. 12. 1984), coll. Ruzicka, 71 = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 124