RPC IV.1, 8656 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8656 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina I (Diva)
Magistrate Marcus Antonius Zeno (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 139–144
Obverse inscription ΘΕΑ ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ
Edition Θεὰ Φαυστεῖνα
Translation goddess Faustina
Obverse design draped bust of the deified Faustina I, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝΤ ΖΗΝΩΝΟϹ ΠΡ ϹΕΒ ΑΝΤ ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ (Ζ shaped as エ)
Edition ἐπὶ Ἀντ(ωνίου) Ζήνωνος πρ(ὸς) Σεβ(αστοῦ) Ἀντ(ωνίου) Περινθίων
Translation under Antonius Zeno, proconsul of Antoninus Augustus, of the Perinthians
Reverse design Aphrodite standing, right, holding long sceptre and apple
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 19.89 g
Axis 6
Reference Schönert, Perinthos 410, MG $, no. 44$
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 4a Schönert, Perinthos 410, pl. 22 = MG , no. 4
2 2     ✸ P: 1104 (ex 907), broken, 17.95g