RPC IV.1, 9880 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9880 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Paphlagonia
City Amastris
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΜΑϹΤΡΙΑΝΩΝ (last Α may be shaped as Χ)
Edition Ἀμαστριανῶν
Translation of the Amastrians
Reverse design tripod entwined by serpent (head, right or left)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.92 g
Axis 6, 8
Reference Rec 118(3), Cop 258
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 258, on reverse, head of serpent, r.
2 2     E.J. Waddell 1 (09/12/1982), 79
3 3     Verona on reverse, head of serpent, l., and last A shaped as X, cast at the Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin
4 4     O: on reverse, head of serpent, r.
5 5     G: II, 234, no. 10 SNG I, no. 1138, on reverse, head of serpent, r.
6 6     ✸ D. Lowe coll.