RPC IV, 8867


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8867 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IV.2
Number	8867 (temporary)
Province	Asia
Subprovince	Conventus of Cyzicus
Region	Mysia
City	Cyzicus
Reign	Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.)	Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue	Faustina II: »Kyzikos« (Group 2)
Dating	c. 169–175, perhaps until AD 176
Obverse inscription	ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition	Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation	Faustina Augusta
Obverse design	draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription	ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ ΝΕΟΚΟΡ(ΩΝ)
Edition	Κυζικηνῶν νεοκό(ρων)
Translation	of the Cyzicenes, neocorate
Reverse design	Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	9.58 g
Axis	7
Reference	BMC 227
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L: BMC 227, reverse partly double struck, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin		28	9.58	7		Show
2	2				G. Hirsch 159 (21/09/1988), 792	27				Show