RPC IX, 1384

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1384
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ Ε (sic)
Edition Ἀννίαν Αἰτρουσκίλλαν {ε}<Σ>(εβαστή)
Translation for Annia 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 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 demiourgos crown over altar; at right, crown of the Cilicarch decorated with six imperial busts and three Nikai
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.74 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference SNG France 1779
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 1383/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1539/50, de Ricci SNG 1779
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     P-AIBL Fonds Robert 911
4 4     Falghera 2422
5 5     SNG Levante Supp. 293
6 6     Missere 616
7 7     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 1447
8 8     ✸ Tahberer 1673
9 9     Tahberer 1674