RPC IV.1, 5958 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5958 (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 ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΚΑΙΕΩΝ(?)
Edition Νικα{κα}ιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike(?) over eagle and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.49 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 196
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 15583 Rec 196, pl. LXXI.26 (rev.)
2 2     Private coll. CGT = CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 381 = M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 315