RPC IV.1, 5613 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5613 (temporary)
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicomedia
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Edition Φαυστεῖνα Σεβαστή
Translation Faustina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤ ΝΕΩ ΝΕΙΚΟΜΗ(ΔΙ)
Edition Μητ(ροπόλεως) νεω(κόρου) Νεικομηδί(ας)
Translation of the metropolis, neocorate, of Nicomedia
Reverse design (turreted) Aphrodite seated on rock, left, holding apple, resting arm on rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.89 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Rec 104
Specimens 9 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1315 Wa 464 = Rec 104, pl. XCI.22 (rev.)
2 2     L: 1902-6-7-5
3 3     B: (Löbb)
4 4     B: 1930/1326 (gift of Wiegand), on reverse, Aphorodite turreted
5 5     Milan
6 6     L: 1921-12-17-8
7 7     Lindgren III, 204 = Peus 366, M. Burstein coll., 25 Oct. 2000, lot 563
9 9     C: no number
10 10     ✸ Nomos obolos 11, 8 Dec. 2018, lot 422