RPC IV.3, 4927 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4927 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Paphlagonia
City Pompeiopolis
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙ ΝΕΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖ(να) Νέα Σεβαστή
Translation New Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙϹ
Edition μητρό(πολις) Πομπηϊοπόλις
Translation Metropolis Pompeiopolis
Reverse design nude Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus and long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.16 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 5, BMC 1
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg: obverse corrodet Rec 5, pl. XXIII.21
2 2     ✸ L: 1846-6-30-39 BMC 1, pl. XXI.8 (rev.), obverse legend tooled, 'ΦAVSTI(sic) N[EA] CEBASTH(sic)')