RPC IV.3, 3006 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3006 (temporary)
Province Cyprus
Region Cyprus
City Koinon of Cyprus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina I (Diva)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΑ ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ
Obverse design draped bust of the deified Faustina I, right
Reverse inscription Μ ΓΑΛΕΡΙΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟϹ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟΥ ΥΙΟϹ
Reverse design bare-headed bust of Galerius Antoninus (youthful) wearing paludamentum, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 17 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Falghera 916, under 'Ephesus'
2 2     Lindgren III, 940, tentatively under 'Cyprus' = CNG 35 (20/09/1995), 1126
3 3     L: no number, under 'Unidentified'
4 4     L: 1844-4-25-1553, under 'Unidentified'
5 5     L: 1805-3-30-49, under 'Unidentified, broken, 10.01g
6 6     L: no number, under 'Unidentified'
6 6     Freiburg: 12728
7 7     V: GR 21628, under 'Antioch in Syria', authenticity doubtful: cast?
8 8     ✸ V: GR 33525, under 'Antioch in Syria', authenticity doubtful: cast?
9 9     B: ex coll. Sandes, under 'Unidentified', authenticity doubtful: cast?
10 10     B: I-B, under 'Unidentified'
11 11     Dmitry Markov Mail Bid Auction 10 (23/10/2001), 319 (normal and enlarged photograph)
12 12     Mabbott 3856
13 13     Birkler & Waddell 2 (03/1980), 379
14 14     D.R. Sear, Greek Imperial Coins and Their Values (London, 1982), 1540 = H. Cohen, Description Historique des Monnaies Frappé sous l' Empire Romain (2nd ed., 1883), 443
15 15     G: III, 739, no. '79' SNG II, no. 4988, broken, 8.84g
16 16     Triton XVIII (06/01/2015), 892