RPC IV.1, 4859 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4859 (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 ΦΑΥϹΤ(Ε)ΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΠΡΟΥϹΙΕΩΝ ΠΡΟϹ ΥΠΙΩ
Edition Προυσιέων πρός Ὑπίῳ
Translation of the Prusians near Hypium
Reverse design draped bust of Hygieia(?), right; at breast, serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.99 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 36–7
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1589 Rec 36, pl. CIV.20, struck on too large a flan
2 2     ✸ P: 1590 Rec 37, pl. CIV.21
3 3     Paul-Francis Jacquier 26 (Spring 2001), 198
4 4     CNG Electronic Auction 240 (08/09/2010), 292, ex coll. J.S. Wagner