RPC IV.3, 8676 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8676 (temporary)
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Marcus Aurelius, before
Dating 176
Obverse inscription IMP CAES AVR ANT AVG (all As shaped as Λ) (?)
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Aur(elius) Ant(oninus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Aurelius Antoninus Augustus
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription FAVSTINA AVGVST(A) C A C (all As shaped as Λ)
Edition Faustina Augusta c(olonia) A(elia) C(apitolina)
Translation Faustina Augusta, colony Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.31 g
Axis 6
Reference Meshorer, Aelia Capitolina
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

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