RPC IV.4, 2525

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2525
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year Γ = 3
Dating AD 162/3
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L Γ
Edition (ἔτους) γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design serpent (Uraeus) erect, left, crowned with disk and horns, enfolding two stalks of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.35 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3640 bis corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 4271 = MacDonald III, 479, no. 533
2 2     ✸ V: GR 24864
3 3     D 3640 bis corr. = Peus 283 (14–16. 5. 1974), 222 (Figari - Mosconi 901)