RPC IV.3, 3498 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 3498 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II wearing stephane, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚΗϹ ΤΩΝ ΚΥΡΙΩΝ
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης τῶν κυρίων
Translation for the victory of the Lords
Reverse design infant imperial twins (Commodus and T. Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus) seated on pulvinar, facing each other
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 2.95 g
Axis 6
Reference P. Lederer, RSN 30 (1943), 80, no. 94
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ex private coll. Dr. A. Voirol, Basel = P. Lederer, RSN 30 (1943), 80, no. 94, pl. VI
2 2     ✸ Yale: ex PRF
3 3     Gorny 73 (11/10/1995), 269