RPC IV.1, 5533 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5533 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΕΑ(sic) ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἀννέα Φαυστῖνα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Annia Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΓΑΘ ΤΥΧΗ ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀγαθ(ὴ) Τύχη Νικαιέων
Translation Good Fortune, of the Nicaeans
Reverse design turreted and veiled Tyche of Nicaea seated on rock, left, holding poppy and two ears of corn, resting arm on rock, resting foot on swimming river-god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.72 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 203
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 902 Rec 203, pl. LXXII.4, authenticity doubtful?
2 2     Peus 366 (25/10/2000), coll. Marcel Burstein, 554, pl. 27