RPC IV.4, 1810

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1810
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating AD 155/6
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΘ
Edition (ἔτους) ιθʹ
Translation of year 19
Reverse design dolphin, downwards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.89 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1749/1, 1811/2, 4–9, 2116/1, 2186/1, 3, 2187/1–2, 2230/1, 2231/1–2, 2232/1–3. 1–2: same rev. die as 1747/1, 1749/1, 1808/4, 10.
Note The Θ of the date appears to have been recut from an Η. It may have begun life as a Ζ.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1909,0105.41 BMC Suppl 3079, pl. 8
2 2     ✸ Jacquier 38, 13 Sept. 2013, lot 249 = Jacquier 37, 7 Sept. 2012, lot 297 = Jacquier 36 (Summer 2009), 328 = Staffieri
3 3     Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 255