RPC IV.3, 6183 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6183 (temporary)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Hierapolis-Castabala
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II (as Silene) wearing crescent, right
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Ἱεροπολειτῶν Ἱεροπολειτῶν
Translation of the Hierapolitans
Reverse design radiate-headed and draped bust of Helios (head assimilated to portrait of Marcus Aurelius), left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.30 g
Axis 6
Reference Robert 28, GM 709, no. 560
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B GM 709, no. 560
2 2     P SNG 2232 = Wa 4315 = Robert 28, pl. XXVI.78, pierced, 14.32g
3 3     ✸ P: 1971/277 SNG 2231 = Levante 1587
4 4     Levante S1, 373
5 5     CNG 35 (20/09/1995), 1120
6 6     Fritz Rudolf Künker List 163 (April 2002), 83
7 7     Leeds-UL: 1556
8 8     Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik Auction 106 (26/06/2021), 639
9 9     Private coll. CGT = Numismatik Naumann 79 (07/07/2019), 430