RPC IV.4, 2057

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2057
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Faustina I (Diva)
Issue Year ΚΒ = 22
Dating AD 158/9
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ΘΕΑΝ
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of Faustina I, right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference D 2097
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 2026/13. 1–3: same rev. die.
Note The reverse is not dated.  Date inferred from similar dated types and from an obverse die-link to another type of year 22.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1973.56.745
2 2     D 2097 = Münzen und Medaillen 7, 1977, lot 448 = M&M Numismatic Ltd Washington D.C. 1, 1997, 302 (Figari - Mosconi 453)
3 3     NAC Q, 6 Apr. 2006, lot 1877