RPC IX, 1374

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1374
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΕΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕ
Edition Ἑρέννιαν Αἰτρουσκείλλαν Σε(βαστήν)
Translation Herennia 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 Dionysus standing left, head right, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.75 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1371/1–8.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ asiaminorcoins.com, 5114 (Jan. 2015)
2 2     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 338
3 3     R. Aquistapace coll.