RPC IV.2, 1885 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1885 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Colossae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Issue Crispina: Without personal name, perhaps part of or contemporary with issue of Publius Aelius Ktesikles
Dating c. 178-179
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
Edition Κρισπίνα Σεβαστή Κρισπίνα Σε(βαστή)
Translation Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ΛΥΚoϹ ΚΟΛΟϹΗΝΩΝ(sic)
Reverse design river-god Lykos reclining, left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water-urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.39 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference vA Phryg. II, 581–4, FM 324, no. 375
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Winterthur Bloesch 2, no. 4115 = FM 324, no. 375, pl. XII.13 (rev.) = vA Phryg. II, 581, pl. 18, ex coll. F. Imhoof-Blumer
2 2     L: 1913-1-1-4
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     P: 830 Wa 5878
5 5     ✸ Bern: 92.44 Kapossy, no. 56
6 6     G. Hirsch 162 (08/05/1989), 716
7 7     Private coll. Holt = Concordia 32 (17/07/2025), 536
8 8     Private coll. Aycock-Wakefield = Bay Numismatics Online Auction 16 (26/08/2025), 681