RPC IV.4, 1627

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1627
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΖ = 17
Dating AD 153/4
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥ[ϹΤΙΝΑ] ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΖ
Edition (ἔτους) ιζʹ
Translation of year 17
Reverse design Elpis standing, left, holding flower
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.68 g
Axis 12
Reference D 3284 corr. (DS), D 3286?, DS 9112
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 1626/1, 1745/1–2, 1746/2–8, 1802/1, 1915/1, 2016/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: HCR56439 = DS 9112
2 2     ✸ D 3284 = Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 421 = Künker eLive 53, 20 Feb. 2019, lot 8158
3 3     D 3286? (possibly not = DS 3286)