RPC IV.1, 4888 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4888 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design Athena standing, left, holding owl and spear, resting arm on shield; before shield, serpent coiling, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.98 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference Rec 102(3), BMC 26
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 26, pl. XX.10 (rev.) Rec 102(1), pl. XX.21 (rev.)
2 2     Cologne