RPC IV.3, 4928 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4928 (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 ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖ(να) Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛ(ΙϹ)
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 20 mm
Average weight 4.93 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 5a
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: (Löbb) Rec 5a, pl. XXIII.22
2 2     NY: no number, under 'Unattributed Holzer'
3 3     Private coll. CGT