RPC IV.3, 5687 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 5687 (temporary)
Province Galatia
Region Galatia
City Ancyra
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑ(ϹΤΗ)
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΑΝΚΥΡΑϹ
Reverse design Mên standing, facing, head, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding anchor and pine cone; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 8
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 8, pl. II.3 (rev.)
2 2     P: 88 SNG 2453 = Wa 6610, struck on too large a flan
3 3     ✸ Mu: 5a
4 4     O