RPC IV.2, 2375 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2375 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Perperene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Antiphanes (strategos)
Issue Commodus as co-emperor of Marcus
Dating c. 177–179, probably soon after AD 177
Obverse inscription ΦΑ[Υ]ϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ (Φ shaped as ·Ι·)
Edition Φαύστεινα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ[Ι ϹΤΡ]Α Π ΑΙ ΑΝΤΙΦΑΝΟΥϹ ΠΕΡΠΕΡΗΝΙΩ[Ν] (ethnic inscribed on altar, Φ shaped as ·Ι·)
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Π(όπλιου) Αἰ(λίου) Ἀντιφάνους Περπερηνίων
Translation under strategos Publius Aelius Antiphanes, of the Perperenians
Reverse design two serpents coiling onto lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.51 g
Axis 6
Reference Barth-Stauber = Stauber 45
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1893-6-3-18 Barth-Stauber 45a, pl. 6
2 2     Private coll. CGT