RPC IV.1, 4892 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4892 (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 ΝΕΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design seafaring hero (an Argonaut?) standing, right, head, left, right foot against rock, left foot on prow, extending right arm, holding transverse spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 105, BMC 30
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 30, pl. XX.11
2 2     V: GR 15337 Rec 116, pl. XX.23 (rev.)