RPC IX, 1224

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1224
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pontus
City Amisus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Year ϹΠΑ = 281
Dating AD 249/50
Obverse inscription Κ ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡ Μ ΔΕ ΚΕ
Edition Κ(όϊντος) Ἑρέν(νιος) Ἐτρ(οῦσκος) Μ(έσσιος) Δέ(κιος) Κα(ῖσαρ)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Marcus Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΜΙϹΟΥ, ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡ, ϹΠΑ
Edition Ἀμισοῦ ἐλευθέρ(ας) ϛπαʹ
Translation of Amisus, free (city), 281
Reverse design Capricorn right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.26 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 145b
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1261
2 2     Cop SNG 198