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IV.4, 1781
Image of specimen #3
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/1781
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Volume
IV.4
Number
1781
Province
Egypt
Region
Egypt
City
Alexandria
Reign
Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.)
Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue
Year ΙΘ = 19
Dating
AD 155/6
Obverse inscription
ΦΑ
Υ
ϹΤΙΝΑ Ϲ
Ε
ΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design
draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription
L ΙΘ
Reverse design
Sarapis seated, left, holding long sceptre; at his feet, Cerberus; (on throne, small figure of Nike?)
Metal
debased silver
Average diameter
24 mm
Axis
1, 12
Reference
D 3267
Specimens
3 (2 in the core collections)
Note
It is an oddity that this reverse type is not found for Antoninus Pius or Marcus Caesar in this year. It does, however, occur on AE 33 for Antoninus Pius: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/24050.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
Cop: 549
24
11.79
1
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2
2
NY: 1944.100.61503
25
10.65
12
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3
3
✸
A: D 2139 / 3256
23
13.00
12
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