RPC IX, 1369

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1369
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕ
Edition Ἄννιαν Αἰτρούσκιλλαν Σε(βαστήν)
Translation for Annia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right; crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως α μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Athena advancing left, head right, holding Nike on globe, spear and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.96 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG France 1778
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1368/1–18, 1372/1, 3–4, 7–11, 1375/1–8, 1376/1–2, 1378/1–4, 1379/1–6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1495 SNG 1778
2 2     ✸ Peus 398, 28 Apr. 2009, lot 736
3 3     SNG vA 6068
4 4     CGT coll. = G. Rohde coll.
5 5     CGT coll. = G. Rohde coll.