RPC IV.3, 6406 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6406 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Faustina I (Augusta)
Issue Early in the reign of Antoninus Pius
Dating c. 138–140
Obverse inscription IMP CAES HAD ANTONINVS AVG P P P (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Had(rianus) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P(ius) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrian Antoninus Augustus, Pious, Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription FAVCTINA AVGVSTA (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Fauσtina Augusta
Translation Faustina Augusta
Reverse design draped bust of Faustina I, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.73 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 26, BMC 31
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Private coll., USA = Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina 26, pl. 75
2 2     P: no number, under 'Unidentified'
3 3     ✸ L: BMC 31