RPC IV.3, 6321 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6321 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription FAVSTINA AVGVSTA (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Faustina Augusta
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription COL PRIMA FL AVG CAESAREA(E) (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition col(oniae) Prima(e) Fl(aviae) Aug(ustae) Caesareae
Translation of the colony Caesarea Prima Flavia Augusta
Reverse design male figure (emperor or Genius?) standing, left, wearing toga, holding patera over thymiaterium and cornucopia; (on thymiaterium, bull's head)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.66 g
Axis 12
Reference Kadman II, 50$, BMC 95–7, Cop 8
Specimens 11 (10 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 95, on reverse, bull's head on thymiaterium
2 2     L: BMC 96, pl. III.12 (rev.), on reverse, bull's head on thymiaterium
3 3     L: BMC 97
4 4     P: 74
5 5     P: 75, on reverse, bull's head on thymiaterium
6 6     ✸ B: 1902/1106
7 7     Cop: 8, obverse legend obscure, on reverse, bull's head on thymiaterium
8 8     NY: 1944.100.68942 SNG 781
9 9     V: GR 22492, on reverse, bull's head on thymiaterium
10 10     G: III, 276, no. 5A SNG II, no. 3562, on rev., bull's head on thymiaterium
11 11     Frank Sternberg 34 (22/10/1998), 212, pl. XIV