RPC IX, 1371

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1371
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΕΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕ
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right; crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4, 6–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1374/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18311365, 1855/17669
2 2     C: 462-1948
3 3     NY: 1944.100.55063
4 4     V: GR 19280
5 5     Ayvagediği hoard 154
6 6     MünzZentrum, 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 257 = Hirsch 181, 22 Feb. 1994, lot 879
7 7     ✸ Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 777 = Gorny & Mosch 122, 10 Mar. 2003, lot 1840
8 8     Tahberer 1668
9 9     M&M Basel, list 325, July 1971, lot 49
10 10     Bertolami EA 259, 20 May 2023, lot 753