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 ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕ
Edition Ἑρέννιαν Αἰτρουσκίλλαν Σεβαστήν Ἑρέννιαν Αἰτρουσκίλλαν 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 αʹ μεγίστης καλλίστης γʹ βʹ Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ 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 31 mm
Average weight 14.64 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1371/1–8, 11. 3: same obv. die as 1368/1–18, 1369/1–3, 1372/1, 4, 7–11, 1375/1–8, 1376/1–2, 1378/1–4, 1379/1–6. 1–2: same rev. die as 1371/11.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ asiaminorcoins.com, 5114 (Jan. 2015)
2 2     CNG EA 352, 3 June 2015, lot 338
3 3     P: 1497 Wa 4686 = SNG 1775