RPC IV.1, 7496 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 7496 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design veiled Demeter standing, left, (wearing kalathos), holding two ears of corn (over altar) and long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Mouchmov, Philip. 133, 139–40 and 142, BMC 13
Specimens 18 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Plovdiv, National Museum
2 2     Ex private coll. L. Ruzicka
3 3     Sofia Mouchmov, Philip. 139, pl. IV (rev.), on rev. Demeter with kalathos
4 4     Sofia: coll. Abramov, on reverse Demeter with kalathos
5 5     Sofia: 2245 Mouchmov, Philip. 140, pl. IV (rev.), on rev. Demeter with kalathos and altar
6 6     Sofia: 1988
7 7     Sofia: 6228
8 8     Sofia: coll. Abramov
9 9     V
10 10     L: BMC 13
11 11     Lanz 92 (04/06/1999), 691, pl. 28
12 12     ✸ NY: 1944.100.16433
13 13     O
14 14     Gorny & Mosch 126 (13/10/2003), 1712
15 15     Private coll., Baton Rouge
16 16     Private coll., Baton Rouge
17 17     B: 18248434, Rauch
18 18     G. Beyer coll. = Naumann 102, 2 May 2021, lot 417