RPC IV.4, 1453

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1453
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙϚ = 16
Dating AD 152/3
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστίνα Σεβασ{σ}τή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙϚ
Edition (ἔτους) ιϛʹ
Translation of year 16
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, left, crowned with disk and horns, enfolding stalk of corn and poppies
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.14 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3322, pl. XXXII (rev.)
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2, 5, 8: same obv. die as 1397/1, 1452/1, 1633/1–2, 4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 96/1892
2 2     V: GR 24884
3 3     A: D 2105(?) / 3219
4 4     Milan SNG 1336
5 5     Aiello
6 6     Antioch Associates 40 (29. 7. 2002), 141
7 7     D 3322, pl. XXXII (rev.) = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 225
8 8     ✸ Malter 28 (8. 12. 1984), 73 corr. = CNA 13 (4. 12. 1990), coll. Wetterstrom, 123
9 9     Ibrahim Sherif coll.