RPC IV.1, 5660 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5660 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗ
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομη(δείας)
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate, Nicomedia
Reverse design Cybele seated, left, wearing kalathos, holding patera, resting arm on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 9.85 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 109 corr., R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 139$
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1319 Rec 109, pl. XCI.25 (rev.), on rev., tympanum not very clear, thus Rec interpreted the rev. figure as 'Homonoia'
2 2     NY: 1944.100.42297 (with traces of silver cover)
3 3     ✸ V: GR 33824 R. Münsterberg, NZ 54 (1921), p. 139 = J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 2356, not illustrated
4 4     vA 764
5 5     Private coll. Tom Mullally
6 6     Zeus Prime Auction 1, 17 Nov. 2019, lot 176