Coin of Faustina from Bostra (BΟS0102)

Coin of Faustina from Bostra (BΟS0102)

Civic bronze coin from Bostra, depicting Faustina (given the title "Thea", so dated after 141 CE), wife of the emperor Antoninus Pius on the obverse

Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6706 (temporary #)

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

Bronze

BOS0102

Bronze

2.29-2.71g

14-16mm

Arabia

Draped and veiled bust of Faustina, facing right

Three ears of barley, tied around stalks, with a wreath around

ΘΕΑ ΦΑVCTEINA (Thea Faustina)

NT O/B (Nova Traiana Bostra)

Three ears of grain appear on other reverse designs from the reign of Antoninus Pius at Bostra; Tyche holds them in coins of Antonius Pius (Meshorer et al. 2013, 149, no.5-7) and perhaps reverse designs of Diva Faustina (ibid. no.13-14; BOS0101). On the reverse of silver coins of Trajan (eg. RPC III no.4063) at Bostra, six stalks of grain, tied together appear without a wreath.

Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6706 (temporary #) [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/6706/]

American Numismatic Society 2012.71.68

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.149, no.15)

Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.70-71, no.15)