RPC IV, 6706


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6706 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.3
Number	6706 (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	ΝΤ Βο (Τ shaped as Ι or perhaps ΝΤ, Βο may be retrograde)
Edition	Ν(έας) Τ(ραιανῆς) βό(στρας)
Translation	of Nea Traiana Bostra
Reverse design	three ears of barley tied together; in wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	16 mm
Average weight	2.50 g
Axis	5, 6
Reference	Kindler, Bostra 11(1), Spijkerman 15(1), BMC ('Nicopolis-Emmaus') 1
Specimens	5 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	L: BMC ('Nicopolis-Emmaus') 1, pl. XVII.10		16	2.71	5	Show
2	2	J-SBF	Spijkerman 15		2.29	6	Show
3	3		Kirkbride 1947				Show
4	4	IMJ: Rosenberger 11					Show
5	5	IMJ: Rosenberger 12					Show