RPC IV.3, 6702 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 6702 (temporary)
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Faustina I (Diva)
Obverse inscription ΘΕΑ ΦΑΥϹΤΕΙΝΑ
Edition Θεὰ Φαυστεῖνα
Translation goddess Faustina
Obverse design veiled and draped bust of the deified Faustina I, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΧΗ ΝΕΑϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗ ΒΟϹΤΡΑ
Edition Τύχη Νέας Τραϊανῆ(ς) Βόστρα(ς)
Translation Fortune of the New Trajanic Bostra
Reverse design turreted Tyche standing, facing, head, facing (or left or right), holding spear, resting left hand on hip, (resting foot on swimming river-god)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 3.72 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Kindler, Bostra 8(3–4), Spijkerman 11(2),12 and 13, BMC 7–9
Specimens 24 (11 in the core collections)

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