RPC IV.4, 2717

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 2717
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 164/5
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription L Ε, ΔΥΝΑΜΙϹ (on shield)
Edition (ἔτους) εʹ δύναμις
Translation of year 5, power
Reverse design Aphrodite standing, facing, head, left, crowned with stephane, holding helmet, resting hand on shield placed on short column
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.70 g
Axis 10, 12
Reference D 3606, Geissen 2113, M 2505
Specimens 19 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1861,1113.7 BMC 1345, pl. V (rev.)
2 2     P: 2554
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     B: 28884
5 5     C
6 6     NY: 1974.26.3838
7 7     NY: 1944.100.61522
8 8     NY: 1944.100.61521
9 9     NY: 1944.100.61520
10 10     ✸ O: HCR26947 M 2505
11 11     A: D 2159 / 3278
12 12     Bern: 3102 RSN 45 (1966), 79 no. 161, pl. V
13 13     Cologne Geissen 2113
14 14     Aiello
15 15     CNG EA 359, 9 Sept. 2015, lot 202
16 16     CNG EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, lot 360
17 17     D 3606 = M&M GmbH 12, 10 Apr. 2003, 619 (Figari - Mosconi 891)
18 18     Naville Numismatics 15, 7 June 2015, lot 308
19 19     Roma Numismatics EA 58, 20 June 2019, lot 915