RPC IV.1, 4768 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4768 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Cius
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑΝ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗΝ
Edition Φαυστεῖναν Σεβαστήν
Translation for Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΚΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανῶν Κιανῶν
Translation of the Hadrianic Cians
Reverse design female deity standing, facing, head, right, wearing lotus(?), holding long sceptre and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.99 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 45
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G: II, 243, no. 8, pl. 46.4 (rev.) SNG I, no. 1068 = Rec 45, pl. LI.3
2 2     L: 1979-1-1-1289 (ex private coll. H. von Aulock, not catalogued in vA)