RPC IV.4, 2059

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2059
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Faustina I (Diva)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery, right
Reverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑΝ ΘΕΑΝ L ΚΒ
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of Faustina I, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8030, Geissen 1815
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note Some Υ forms.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1864,1118.497 BMC 1214
2 2     Cologne Geissen 1815 = ZPE 92 (1992), pl. XI, h
3 3     CNG EA 348, 8 Apr. 2015, lot 605