RPC IX, 1309

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1309
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Selinus-Traianopolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡ ΕΤΡ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ [ ]
Edition Κύϊν(τος) Ἑρ(εννῖος) Ἐτρ(οῦσκος) Μέσ(σιος) Δέκιος [---]
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius [---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ ϹΕΛΙΝ[ ]
Edition Τραιανο(πολειτῶν) Σελιν[---]
Translation of the Trajanopolitan Selinusians [---]
Reverse design two veiled female divinities (Demeter and Kore?) standing facing, holding poppy-flower and corn ears
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 4.57 g
Axis 12
Reference Levante, Selinus, 83
Specimens 2 (0 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     ✸ Burbach coll. = Ziegler 184
2 2     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1108