RPC IV.3, 6702 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6702 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina I (Diva)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΑ ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ
Edition Θεὰ Φαυστεῖνα
Translation goddess Faustina
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of the deified Faustina I, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΧΗ ΝΕΑϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗ ΒΟϹΤΡΑ
Edition Τύχη Νέας Τραϊανῆ(ς) Βόστρα(ς)
Translation Fortune of the New Trajanic Bostra
Reverse design turreted Tyche standing, facing, head, facing (or left or right), holding spear, resting left hand on hip, (resting foot on swimming river-god)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.72 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Kindler, Bostra 8(3–4), Spijkerman 11(2),12 and 13, BMC 7–9
Specimens 24 (11 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Tel Aviv Kindler, Bostra 8(3)b, pl. I (on l.)
2 2     IMJ: Rosenberger Kindler, Bostra 8(3)b, pl. 1 (on r.)
3 3     Tel Aviv Kindler, Bostra 8(3)c, pl. 1 (on l.)
4 4     J-SBF Spijkerman 11(2), pl. 12, on r.
5 5     J-SBF Spijkerman 12, pl. 12
6 6     J-SBF Spijkerman 13, pl. 13, reverse legend obscure
7 7     L: BMC 7, pl. III.11
8 8     ✸ L: BMC 8, pl. III.12 Kindler, Bostra 8(4)b, pl. I
9 9     L: BMC 9, pl. III.13 Kindler, Bostra 8(3)c, pl. 1 (on r.), with additional reverse legend variation: ΤVΧ[ ] ΗΛΙΑ[ ] (all retrograde)
10 10     L: 1934-9-3-15
11 11     P: 76
12 12     P: Y28632/6 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig)
13 13     P: Y28632/7 (ex coll. Henry Seyrig), obverse legend ΘƐΑ ΦΑΤV(sic and retrograde) СΤƐ[ΙΝΑ?], reverse legend probably also retrograde
14 14     B: 10315
15 15     NY: 1944.100.69249 SNG 1180, with additional obverse legend variation: ΦΑVϹΤƐΙΝΙΑ(sic)
16 16     NY: 1944.100.69250 SNG 1181
17 17     NY: 1961.154.172 SNG 1182
18 18     NumCirc 109/6 (December 2001), GK0452 (beginning of reverse legend probably retrograde)
19 19     Bern: Righetti 2516
20 20     Bern: Righetti 2517
21 21     Bern: Righetti 2518
22 22     Spink 14005 (25/06/2014), 150
23 23     Münster: M 5826
24 24     Münster: M 5827