RPC IV.2, 1674 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 1674 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Phrygia
City Aezani
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Faustina II with hairstyle Fittschen 1: Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Dating c. 147–176, perhaps 161–162
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ΝΕΑ (first Ν reversed)
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΑΙΖΑΝΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 9
Reference vA Aizanoi 60, BMC 114–15, Cop 100
Specimens 18 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 114
1 1     P: 426, under 'Temnus'
2 2     L: BMC 115
3 3     B: (Fox)
4 4     O
5 5     O
6 6     P: 232
7 7     P: 234 Wa 5579
8 8     Cop: 100 vA Aizanoi 60, pl. 77
9 9     V: GR 19728, authenticity doubtful: cast?
10 10     ✸ V: GR 28159
11 11     Mu SNG 44
12 12     V-ON Leypold II, no. 1369
13 13     MAMA IX, 192, no. 15, 'Unspecified provenance in the Aezanitis plain'
14 14     MAMA IX, 192, no. 16, 'Unspecified provenance in the Aezanitis plain'
15 15     H.C. von Mosch, ‘Aizanoi. Die Bedeutung der Fundmünzen für die Chronologie des Stadions’, AA 1993, 470, no. 5, found during the excavation of Aezani's stadium
16 16     Kütahya: 4862
17 17     Kütahya: 3617