RPC IV.4, 2009

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2009
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΚΑ = 21
Dating AD 157/8
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤ(Ε)ΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, r.
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Reverse design Nilus seated on rocks up which crocodile climbs, l., head, r., holding reed and cornucopia, (from which Genius issues holding wreath)
Metal Æ
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference DS 9123
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 4: same obv. die as 2003/1. 6–7: same obv. die as 2006/1, 2011/2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,1006.218 BMC Suppl 3078 corr.
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 0000.999.25330
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.61613
5 5     A: D 2148B / 252/896
6 6     CNG EA 354, 1 July 2015, lot 456 = Matthijs
7 7     DS 9123 = Naville Numismatics 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 312