RPC IV.4, 2061

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2061
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ(Β)
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Reverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference DS 8049
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 2062/2. 2: same rev. die as 2069/1.
Note The reverse is not dated.  A date was later added to one of the reverse dies, see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24285.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: D 1964A(?) / 1896/7, IA 426/779
2 2     DS 8049