RPC IV.4, 1678

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 1678
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year ΙΗ = 18
Dating AD 154/5
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L ΙΗ
Edition (ἔτους) ιηʹ
Translation of year 18
Reverse design Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding cornucopia, from which issues Genius holding wreath, and reed; (below, water-plants)
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 13.26 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference D 3258–9, DS Suppl pl 21, 2, Geissen 1979, M 2277*
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.61492
3 3     NY: 1944.100.61493
4 4     O: HCR26867 M 2277*
5 5     Cologne Geissen 1979
6 6     Agora Auctions Numismatic 85, 7 May 2019, lot 98
7 7     ✸ Aiello
8 8     Aiello
9 9     D 3258 = Naville Numismatics 65, 30 May 2021, lot 296
10 10     D 3259 = Naville Numismatics 68, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 226