RPC IX, 1379

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1379
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕ
Edition Ἄννιαν Αἰτρούσκιλλαν Σε(βαστήν)
Translation for Annia 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 turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rocks, left, holding ear of corn; at her feet, river god (Kydnos) swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.87 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference SNG C 5346
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 1368/1–18, 1369/1–3, 1372/1, 3–4, 7–11, 1375/1–8, 1376/1–2, 1378/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18311371, 1906 Löbbecke
2 2     ✸ C: 461-1948 SNG 5346
3 3     Mu
4 4     Falghera 2421
5 5     Rohde coll.
6 6     Tahberer 1667
7 7     CGT coll. = G. Rohde coll.
8 8     CGT coll. = G. Rohde coll.