RPC IV.1, 7791 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7791 (temporary)
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Istrus
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Crispina (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Marcus Aurelius or Commodus
Dating 178–182
Obverse inscription ΚΡΙϹΠΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Κρισπίνα Σεβαστή
Translation Crispina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Crispina, right
Reverse inscription ΙϹΤΡΙΗΝΩΝ
Edition Ἰστριηνῶν
Translation of the Istrians
Reverse design Dionysus standing, left, holding cantharus over panther and long thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 4.87 g
Axis 6
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bucharest-IA: 750 C. Preda, Studii si Cercetari de Numismatica 2 (1958), 113, no. 7, pl. II.6 (drawing)
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 115 (05/03/2002), 1251 = Nomos Obolos 16 (11/10/2020), The Vineyard Collection, 422
3 3     O
4 4     O
5 5     O
6 6     O
7 7     Private collection William H. Stancomb, UK