Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Abila (ABL0101)

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Title

Bronze coin of Faustina Iunior from Abila (ABL0101)

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.6507 (temporary #)

Date

Contributor

RLL

Rights

Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), via Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/); BMC Museum # 1931, 0603.12

Format

Bronze

Language

Identifier

ABL0101

IIIF Item Metadata

UUID

0a6f0060-83b5-43cb-bdcd-1199bf58f54d

Numismatics Item Type Metadata

Metal

Bronze

Weight (g)

5.70-7.03g (pictured=5.70g)

Diameter (mm)

20-23mm (pictured=20mm)

Province

Arabia

Region

Decapolis

Era Used

Local era (begins 64-62 BCE)

Obverse Type

Bust of Faustina Iunior, looking right

Reverse Type

Standing figure (Athena?), facing left, holding a spear in the left hand, and another object (a branch) in her right hand

Obverse Legends

ΦAYCTEINA CEBACTH (Faustina Sebaste)

Reverse Legends

CEΛEYKABIΛA (Seleucia Abila)
ϚKC (Spijkerman 1978:51, identifies this as one of several different mint names)

Type Notes

Better preserved examples published by Meshorer et al. (2013: 42., no.6).

Meshorer et al. (ibid), and Spijkerman (1978, 50-51, no.4) publish dated examples from 162/3 CE.

Same obverse type as ABL0102 and ABL0103

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 #6507. [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6507/]

American Numismatic Society, no.1961.154.162 (SNGANS 6.1120) [http://numismatics.org/collection/1961.154.162]

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 (ABL0101),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed March 28, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/30.

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