RPC IV.2, 2101 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2101 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Laodicea ad Lycum
Reign Uncertain
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Issue Reign of Antoninus Pius or Marcus Aurelius
Dating c. 152–176
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing, facing, head, left, holding patera and statue of Zeus Laodiceus; to left, wolf (river-god Lykos) seated, left, head upwards to right; to right, boar (river-god Kapros) seated, right, head upwards to left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference GRMK 161, no. 7, FM 325, no. 380
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: B-I GRMK 161, no. 7, pl. VI.19 (rev.) = FM 325, no. 380, pl. XII.17 (rev.)
2 2     Lindgren I, 993
3 3     J. Hirsch 13 (15/05/1905), coll. Rhousopoulos, 4140, pl. XXXIX