RPC IV.2, 2697 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2697 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Miletus
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Themistokles, son of Protoleon (asiarch)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors: Issue B
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΘΕΜΙϹΤ ΜΙΛΗϹΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Θεμιστ(οκλέους) Μιλησίων
Translation under Themistokles of Miletus
Reverse design Artemis (Pythie) standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera, bow and arrow; behind, stag standing, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.77 g
Axis 6
Reference Roch XXI.6,Temporini 352, no. II.1
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1892 Temporini 352, no. II.1, pl. 76, reverse with traces of tooling
2 2     B: (Löbb)