RPC IV.1, 6092 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 6092 (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 ΝΕΑ ϹΕΒΑϹ(ΤΗ)
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔ
Reverse design lighted torch entwined by serpent, surmounted by two poppies and decorated with two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 108
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     N
2 2     ✸ Mu: under 'Uncertain'