RPC IV.2, 2101 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2101 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Faustina II with hairstyle Fittschen 7, probably broadly contemporary with 'alliance' coins of Faustina II
Dating c. 169-176
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
Edition Λαοδικέων Λαοδικέων
Translation of the Laodiceans
Reverse design Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding patera and statue of Zeus Laodiceus; to left, wolf (river-god Lykos) seated, left, head upwards to right; to right, boar (river-god Kapros) seated, right, head upwards to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.46 g
Axis 12
Reference GRMK 161, no. 7, FM 325, no. 380
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 4140, pl. XXXIX = GRMK 161, no. 7, pl. VI.19 (rev.) = FM 325, no. 380, pl. XII.17 (rev.)
2 2     Lindgren I, 993