RPC IX, 1373

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1373
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 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 Dionysus standing left, head right, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 14.07 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Levante 1166
Specimens 24 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4, 14–15: same pair of dies. 1–21: same obv. die as 1370/1–10, 1377/1–4, 1380/1–5.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.2336 BMC 308
2 2     B: 18311368, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
3 3     B: 18311367, 1906 Löbbecke
4 4     Cop SNG 403
5 5     NY: 1944.100.55064
6 6     Boston: 62.551
7 7     Boston: 65.515
8 8     Ayvagediği hoard 152
9 9     CNG EA 219, 30 Sept. 2009, lot 359
10 10     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 296
11 11     CNG EA 304, 12 June 2013, lot 297
12 12     SNG Levante 1166 = CNG EA 266, 19 Oct. 2011, lot 271 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 304
13 13     SNG Levante 1167
14 14     Lindgren I, 1645
15 15     M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 231 (Righetti)
16 16     M&M GmbH 30, 28 May 2009, lot 1178
17 17     MünzZentrum 100, 8 Sept. 1999, lot 254
18 18     Schulten, 21 Oct. 1986, lot 835
19 19     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1450
20 20     Tahberer 1670
21 21     Tahberer 1671
22 22     Freiburg: 12126
23 23     CGT coll. = Savoca 5th London Auction, 15 Mar. 2020, lot 337
24 24     CGT coll. = Savoca 99 Blue, 10 April 2021, lot 1206