RPC IV.3, 4968 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4968 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Cestrus
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ (Αs with curved crossbar)
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΚΕϹΤΡΗΝωΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Levante, Kestros 10–14
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 1, pl. X.16 (rev.)
2 2     B: (Löbb) ZfN 17 (1890), pl. II.5
3 3     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 186, pl. 9, private coll., Duisburg
4 4     Levante 470
5 5     P: 413b SNG 688
6 6     Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik 12 (22/01/2017), 416
7 7     ✸ Private coll. CGT = Papillon Numismatic 8 (19/09/2021), 853