RPC IV.3, 7692 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 7692 (temporary)
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Palaeopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina II (Augusta)
Dating c. 147–161, soon after 147
Obverse inscription ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
Obverse design draped bust of Faustina II, right
Reverse inscription ΠΑΛΑΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Mên standing, left, wearing Phrygian cap, holding pine cone and long sceptre; behind his shoulders, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference vA Pisid. I, 1090–2, KM 386, no. 1, J.G. Milne, NC 1940, 221, no. 10 corr.
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O J.G. Milne, NC 1940, 221, no. 10, under 'Hierapolis in Phrygia'
1 1     C McClean III, 8992, pl. 322.16 = J. Hirsch 21 (16/11/1908), coll. Consul Weber, 3759, pl. XXXXVIII = vA Pisid. I, 1090, pl. 26
2 2     B: B-I KM 386, no. 1
2 2     Gert Boersema
3 3     P: 485 SNG 1655 = A. Dieudonné, RN 1902, 351, no. 99, pl. X.16 (rev.)
4 4     ✸ Private coll. H. I. = Leu Numismatik Web Auction 15 (27/02/2021), 1308
5 5     Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik 14 (23/04/2017), 385
6 6     Private coll. CGT = Savoca Numismatik Blue 90 (28/11/2020), 961