RPC IX, 1376

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1376
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕ
Edition Ἑρεννίαν Αἰτρουσκίλλαν Σε(βαστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right; crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Γ Β Α Μ Κ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design Dionysus (youthful) standing facing, placing hand on top of his head, being supported by Satyr
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.43 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference SNG France 1776
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1368/1–18, 1369/1–3, 1372/1, 3–4, 7–11, 1375/1–8, 1378/1–4, 1379/1–6. 1–2: same rev. die as 1375/1–8.
Note C. Clay has pointed out (in litt.) that the obverse die (see below, die links) is here altered in order to correct the erroneous ΑΝΝΙΑΝ to ƐΡƐΝΝΙΑΝ.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1496 Wa 4685 = SNG 1776
2 2     Lindgren III, A929a = CNG 37, 20 Mar. 1996, lot 1097
3 3     CGT coll. (exSavoca 20 Blue, 20 May 2019, lot 1406)