RPC IX, 1370

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1370
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΕΙΛΛΑ
Edition Ἑρέννιαν Αἰτρουσκειλλά(ν)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right; crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ 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 Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.65 g
Axis 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference SNG vA 6069
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 8, 10: same pair of dies. 4, 9: same pair of dies. 1–10: same obv. die as 1373/1–21, 1377/1–4, 1380/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18311369, 1906 Löbbecke
2 2     B: 18311366, 1853 Rauch
3 3     NY: 1970.142.751
4 4     O
5 5     Ayvagediği hoard 150
6 6     Ayvagediği hoard 151
7 7     Ayvagediği hoard 153
8 8     ✸ CNG EA 264, 21 Sept. 2011, lot 296
9 9     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1449
10 10     SNG vA 6069
11 11     Freiburg: 12125