RPC IX, 1377

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1377
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 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 Elpis standing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.75 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Levante 1168
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1370/1–10, 1373/1–21, 1380/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ayvagediği hoard 155
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 263, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 244
3 3     SNG Levante 1168
4 4     SNG vA 6070