RPC IV.3, 6487 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6487 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Ma´nu VIII Philoromaios
Dating 167–179, probably 167–169
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕΥϹ ΜΑΝΝΟϹ ΦΙΛοΡ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Reverse design veiled(?) Juno/Demeter standing, left, holding patera over peacock and long sceptre
Metal silver
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 6, pl. XIII.11 E. Babelon, Mélanges Numismatiques II (1893), 234, no. 6, pl. III.6 (drawing) = Walker 3401: AR: 73.00