RPC IV.2, 42 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 42 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Magistrate Tiberius Claudius Zelos (hiereus)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating 161–169
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription Τ Κ ΖΗΛΟϹ ΑΝΕ ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩ (Ζ reversed)
Edition Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Ζῆλος ἀνέθηκε Ἀφροδεισιέων Τ(ιβέριος) Κ(λαύδιος) Ζῆλος ἀνέ(θηκε) Ἀφροδεισιέω(ν)
Translation Tiberius Claudius Zelos dedicated (this), of the Aphrodisians
Reverse design Tyche standing, facing, head, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 15.28 g
Axis 6
Reference MacDonald type 66 (O126, R214), BMC 109
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 109
2 2     Private coll. D. MacDonald = E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 230, not illustrated = MacDonald type 66, pl. VIII (O126, R214)