RPC IV.2, 7790 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 7790 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Mostene
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Without personal name but probably part of the issue of Alexandros, archon
Dating c. 161–162
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΟϹΤΗΝΩΝ ΛΥΔΩΝ
Reverse design Hades standing in galloping quadriga, right, holding transverse sceptre, struggling with Persephone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Hochard 1334
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B Hochard 1334a, pl. 70
2 2     B: (Fox)
3 3     Gorny 97 (11/10/1999), 780 = Baldwin's, Dmitry Markov and M & M Numismatics - The New York Sale 17 (09/01/2008), 135 = GRPCL Mostene 50
4 4     Private coll. CGT = Roma Numismatics Electronic Sale 1 (31/08/2013), 345
5 5     Fritz Rudolf Künker 52 (29/09/1999), 3378