Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Abila (ABL0102)

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Title

Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Abila (ABL0102)

Description

Civic bronze coin from Abila, depicting Faustina Iunior (161-175 CE), wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius on the obverse

Source

Publisher

Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6509 (temporary #)

Date

Contributor

RLL

Rights

Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), via Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)

Format

Bronze

Language

Identifier

ABL0102

Numismatics Item Type Metadata

Metal

Bronze

Weight (g)

1.69-3.22g (pictured=3.22g)

Diameter (mm)

13-15mm (pictured=14mm)

Province

Arabia

Region

Decapolis

Era Used

Local (62-64 BCE)

Obverse Type

Bust of Faustina Junior, looking right

Reverse Type

A bunch of grapes

Obverse Legends

ΦΑΥСΤEΙΝΑ СEΒΑСΤΗ (Faustina Sebaste)

Reverse Legends

СEΛ(EΥΚ) ΑΒΙΛΑ (Seleucia Abila)
ϚΚС (Spijkerman 1978:51, identifies this as one of several mint names)

Type Notes

Same obverse type as ABL0101 and ABL0103

Meshorer et al. 2013 (142, no.8) and Spijkerman (1978, 50-51, no.6) publish dated examples from 162/3 CE.

Name 1

Role 1

Notes

The reverse legend refers to Abila as Seleucia Abila, which was used to refer to the city (in addition to Abila of the Decapolis) apparently throughout the Hellenistic and Roman period.

Selected Bibliography

Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/); temp #6509. [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6509/]

Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society.

Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press.

Citation

“Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Abila (ABL0102),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/31.

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