Coin of Faustina from Bostra (BΟS0102)
Dublin Core
Title
Coin of Faustina from Bostra (BΟS0102)
Description
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
Source
Publisher
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IV no.6706 (temporary #)
Date
Rights
Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), via Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
BOS0102
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
2.29-2.71g
Diameter (mm)
14-16mm
Province
Arabia
Obverse Type
Draped and veiled bust of Faustina, facing right
Reverse Type
Three ears of barley, tied around stalks, with a wreath around
Obverse Legends
ΘΕΑ ΦΑVCTEINA (Thea Faustina)
Reverse Legends
NT O/B (Nova Traiana Bostra)
Name 1
Notes
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.
Selected Bibliography
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)
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)
Citation
“Coin of Faustina from Bostra (BΟS0102),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 28, 2024, https://www.wireproject.org/items/show/39.