RPC IV.1, 4234 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4234 (temporary)
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Amphipolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Dating c. 147–161
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ (second Α of ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ may be inverted)
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΦΙΠοΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Artemis Tauropolos on bull, right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 83, BMC 112–13
Specimens 12 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 112 AMNG 83, pl. XI.4, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
2 2     L: BMC 113
3 3     NY: 1944.100.10337 SNG 191, broken, 2.97g
4 4     P: 508
5 5     P: 509, struck on too large a flan
6 6     Mu: 115
7 7     V: GR 9679, obverse legend with ΦΑСΤΙΝΑ(sic)
8 8     Gotha cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
9 9     B: 28940 Cat. 162
10 10     B: v. Knobelsdorff Cat. 163
11 11     Bochum: M 3200
12 12     priv coll H.I. = CNG EA 133, 15 Feb. 2006, lot 158