RPC IV.1, 4844 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4844 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Prusias ad Hypium
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΕΑ ΦΑΥSΤΙΝΑ(sic)
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Reverse design nude Hermes seated on rock, left, holding caduceus, resting arm on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Rec 21 corr.
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1581 Wa 531, obverse as 'Annia Faustina' = Rec 21, pl. CIV.6 (rev.), obverse as 'Faustina I'
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42367
3 3     ✸ Leu Numismatik Web Auction 7 (23/02/2019), 651