RPC IX, 1372

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1372
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ 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, head right, holding cantharus (or bunch of grapes?) over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference SNG France 1774–5
Specimens 16 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 7–8: same pair of dies. 1, 3–4, 7–11: same obv. die as 1368/1–18, 1369/1–3, 1375/1–8, 1376/1–2, 1378/1–4, 1379/1–6.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.384 BMC 309
2 2     P: 1493 SNG 1774
3 3     P: 1497 Wa 4686 = SNG 1775
4 4     V-ON Leypold 2701
5 5     Lindgren III, 929
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1451
8 8     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1452
9 9     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1453
10 10     Ziegler 814
11 11     Ziegler 815
12 12     CGT coll. = G. Rohde coll.
13 13     CGT coll.
14 14     CGT coll.
15 15     CGT coll. = Zeus Budget Auction 14, 15 Nov. 2020, lot 304
16 16     CGT coll. = Savoca 103rd Blue, 23 May 2021, lot 562
17 17     Brisbane: 2009