RPC IV.1, 3926 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3926 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Pautalia
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Dating 161–176
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΟΥΛΠΙΑϹ ΠΑΥΤΑΛΙΑϹ
Reverse design veiled Demeter seated, left, holding ears of corn and long sceptre; (to right, cista mystica)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ruzicka, Pautalia 91–2 and 94–6
Specimens 15 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: new coll. Abramov
2 2     Milan: coll. Brera
3 3     Ex private coll. A. Soutzo
4 4     V: GR 8765
5 5     Deutsch Altenburg
6 6     NY: 1997.32.149, obverse worn
7 7     Sofia: 636
8 8     Sofia: 3465
9 9     Cluj-Napoca, Museum of History of Transilvania
10 10     Sgravenhage Museum
11 11     Sarajewo Museum 2270
12 12     ✸ Ex private coll. B. Yakountchikov, St Petersburg, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
13 13     NY: 1974.226.23
14 14     Sarajewo Museum 7903, reverse with cista mystica
15 15     Private coll. Jan Bajer