RPC IV.2, 238 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 238 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Smyrna
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina I (Augusta)
Issue Faustina I: possibly part of the issues of Apronianus, Labeo or Rufina
Dating 138–140
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ(Ν) ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ(Ν)
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina I, right
Reverse inscription ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design turreted Amazon Smyrna seated, left, holding patera and pelta
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 1–12, BMC 344–5, Cop 1368
Specimens 34 (19 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 344
2 2     Rome: 111100, ex coll. De Sanctis Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 1, pl. 39 (R1)
3 3     B: (Fox)
4 4     Istanbul: KD 650-925 Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 2, pl. 39 (V1, R2)
5 5     Milan: 3893
6 6     Warsaw: 58628
7 7     V: GR 17791 Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 3, pl. 39 (R3)
8 8     vA 8001
9 9     Private coll. Keun, Athens, Inv. 1205
10 10     P: 2564 Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 4, pl. 39 (R4)
11 11     Rome: 111098, ex coll. De Sanctis Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 5, pl. 39 (R5)
12 12     B: I-B Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 6, pl. 39 (R6)
13 13     ✸ G: II, 381, no. 221 SNG I, no. 1510 = Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 7, pl. 39 (R7)
14 14     Cop: 1368 Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 8, pl. 39 (R8)
15 15     C: Leake 2513, Asiatic Greece, p. 121.5 Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 9, pl. 39 (V2, R9)
16 16     Mu: 345
17 17     Mu: 346
18 18     L: BMC 345
19 19     G: II, 381, no. 222 SNG I, no. 1511
20 20     O
21 21     O
22 22     P: 2565
23 23     Rome: 111091, ex coll. De Sanctis
24 24     Vat: 229
25 25     Gotha Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 12, pl. 39 (R10)
26 26     Vat: 230
27 27     Gotha
28 28     Private coll. Keun, Athens, Inv. 1182 = Klose XLVIII, Serie A, 12, pl. 39 (V3)
29 29     L: BMC 344
30 30     O
31 31     Bern: Righetti 907
32 32     P: Duplicates
33 33     P: Duplicates
34 34     G. Hirsch 234 (05/05/2004), 742