Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Capitolias (CAP0101)

Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Capitolias (CAP0101)

Local bronze coin from Capitolias (161-175 CE) depicting Faustina Junior on the obverse

Spijkerman 1978:100-101, no.6=Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6557 (temporary #)

Bronze

CAP0101

Bronze

5.68g

19-20mm

Arabia

Local era (97/98 CE)

Draped bust of Faustina, facing right

Tyche, draped and wearing a turreted crown, stands facing left, holding a scepter and another unknown object

ΦΑΥCTEIN CEBACTH (Faustina Sebaste)

KAΠΙΤWΛΙWN I A A (of [the people of] Capitolias...?)

O (date)

Spijkerman (1978:100-101, no.6) identifies a Nike standing on a column at the right of Tyche on the reverse, but this feature is not clearly found in the published photograph accompanying the description, and it does not appear in other descriptions of apparently the same type.

Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.100-101, no.6)

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 (pg.156, no.5).

Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6557 [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6557/]