RPC IV.3, 4972 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 4972 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Diocaesarea
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Dating 161–176
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΙΑ ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Ἄννια Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Annia Aurelia Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩΝ ΔΙΟΚΕϹΑΡΕΩΝ
Edition Ἁδριανῶν Διοκεσαρέων
Translation of the Hadrianic Diocaesareans
Reverse design winged thunderbolt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.02 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Staffieri, Diocaesarea 12, BMC 5
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1970.142.707 Staffieri, Diocaesarea 12, pl. II.14
2 2     NY: 1976.26.1, reverse legend obscure
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 5, pl. XII.13 (rev.)
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     B: (Löbb)
6 6     Private collection G.M. Staffieri, Lugano
7 7     P SNG 873 = Wa 4271
8 8     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 381, pl. 18, private coll. Burbach
9 9     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 382, pl. 18, private coll. Burbach
10 10     Ziegler, Sammlungen, 383, pl. 19, private coll. Jürging
11 11     C: Mossop
12 12     Private coll. Tom Mullally
13 13     P: 528 SNG 874
14 14     Bucephalus Numismatic 38, 27 Apr. 2024, lot 99 (Annia Faustina)