RPC IV.3, 6498 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6498 (temporary)
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Carrhae
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Marcus and Verus, co-emperors
Dating after 164
Obverse inscription ΦΑ(Ο)ΥϹΤΙΝΑ(sic) ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ (Αs shaped as Λs)
Edition Φα{ο}υστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II wearing stephane, right
Reverse inscription ΥΠΕΡ ΝΙΚΗϹ ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝ (Α shaped as Λ, last Ν may be shaped as И)
Edition ὑπὲρ νίκης Ῥωμαίων
Translation for the victory of the Romans
Reverse design Homonoia/Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and cornucopia
Metal silver
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.84 g
Axis 10, 12
Reference BMC 5
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 5, pl. XIX.9, obverse legend with ΦΑΟΥСΤΙΝΑ(sic) = Walker 3392: AR: 58.00
2 2     P: 1817, obverse legend with ΦΑΟΥСΤΙΝΑ(sic), under 'Carrhae'
3 3     NY: 1944.100.65854, under 'Edessa in Mesopotamia?'
4 4     Lanz 106, 27 Nov. 2001, lot 478 (under 'Edessa in Mesopotamia')
5 5     ✸ M. Stolt coll.