RPC IV, 8485


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8485 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	IV.3
Number	8485 (temporary)
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Samaria
City	Caesarea Maritima
Reign	Uncertain
Person (obv.)	Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue	Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription	FAVSTINA AVGVSTA (all As shaped as Λ)
Obverse design	draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription	CoL PRIMA [FL] AVG CAESAREA (all As shaped as Λ)
Reverse design	turreted Fortuna/Tyche standing with foot uncertain object (prow or rock?), left, holding bust and long cruziform sceptre; at her feet, swimming river-god(?)
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Axis	1, 12
Specimens	3 (2 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1	P: 76		22	9.49	1	Show
2	2 ✸	G: III, 276, no. 5	SNG II, no. 3561	21	8.86	12	Show
3	3		Tareq Hani Coll. = Savoca Silver 108, 31 Jul. 2021, lot 403	21	9.68		Show