RPC IV.2, 1762 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1762 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Alia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Gaius Asinius Agreus Philopappos (archiereus and asiarch)
Dating after c. 150
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΑ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΓΡΕΥϹ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΑΤΕ ΑΛΙΗΝΟΙϹ
Reverse design nude Aphrodite standing, facing, head, left, covering her breasts with right hand and pudenda with left hand; to left at her feet, uncertain object
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6
Reference vA Phryg. I, 78–9, KM 195, no. 5, MG 411, no. 143 corr.
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: B-I KM 195, no. 5, pl. VI.23 = vA Phryg. I, 78, pl. 3
2 2     ✸ P: 264 Wa 5595, obverse as 'Faustina I' = MG 411, no. 143, under 'Sala' = vA Phryg. I, 79, pl. 3