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
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 over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
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.