RPC IV.4, 1609

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1609
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ ΘΥΓ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβ(αστὴ) Σεβ(αστοῦ) Εὐσ(εβοῦς) Θυγ(άτηρ)
Translation Faustina Augusta, daughter of Pius Augustus
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design winged sphinx, wearing kalathos, seated, right, paw on wheel
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 23.43 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3313, pl. III (obv.)
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)

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