RPC IV.1, 5960 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5960 (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 [Φ]ΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Dionysus (youthful) standing, facing, placing hand on top of his head, holding long filleted thyrsus; to left at his feet, panther seated, left, placing forepaw on cantharus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.36 g
Axis 12
Reference Rec 198,
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B GM, no. 127 = Rec 198, pl. LXXI.28 (rev.)