RPC IV.2, 1640 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1640 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Faustina II with hairstyle Fittschen 7
Dating 161–176, probably c. 161–165
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design river-god Maiandros reclining, left, holding long reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference BMC 63–6, Cop 746, FM 310, no. 340, A. Löbbecke, ZfN 10 (1883), 79, no. 33
Specimens 33 (20 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 63
2 2     L: BMC 64
3 3     L: BMC 65, pl. XL.10
4 4     L: BMC 66
5 5     B: I-B FM 310, no. 340, pl. XI.11 (rev.)
6 6     B: 1877/334 A. Löbbecke, ZfN 10 (1883), 79, no. 33
7 7     Cop: 746
8 8     NY: 1944.100.49827
9 9     NY: 1944.100.49828 probably identical with Egger 39 (15/01/1912), 326, pl. X = Egger 41 (18/11/1912), 595, pl. XVI = Prowe III, 1590, pl. XXVI = GRPCL Tripolis (formerly Apollonia) 121
10 10     NY: 1947.97.464
11 11     P: 1823
12 12     C: Leake 2689, Asiatic Greece, p. 137.4
13 13     C: Leake 2690, Asiatic Greece, p. 137.5
14 14     C: Lewis 1551
15 15     O
16 16     O
17 17     V: GR 18460, under 'Caria'
18 18     V: GR 18461, under 'Caria'
19 19     V: GR 29250, under 'Caria'
20 20     vA 3319
21 21     vA 3320
22 22     Lindgren I, 853
23 23     Private coll. = D. Klose, MDAI(I) 34 (1984), 414, no. 36, pl. 76.36
24 24     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 318, pl. 20
25 25     C: Leake 8253, Suppl., p. 106.10
26 26     Private coll. CGT, ex Savoca Numismatik
27 27     Private coll. CGT = CNG Electronic Auction 224 (16/12/2009), 406, ex coll. J.-P. Righetti 10765
28 28     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 3990, ex coll. vA
29 29     Helios Numismatik 3 (29/04/2009), 534
30 30     Fritz Rudolf Künker 280 (26/09/2016), 651 = GRPCL Tripolis (formerly Apollonia) 119
31 31     Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 15 (21/10/2004), coll. J.-P. Righetti, 912 = CNG Electronic Auction 224 (16/12/2009), 405 = GRPCL Tripolis (formerly Apollonia) 120
32 32     Gorny 101 (06/03/2000), 605
33 33     ✸ Private coll. H. I. = Papillion Numismatic 8 (19/09/2021), 305