RPC IX, 1385

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1385
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕΝΝΙΟ ΕΤΡΟΥϹ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ ΚΕ
Edition Κύϊν(τον) Ἑρεννίο(ν) Ἐτρούσ(κον) Δέκιον Κέ(σαρα)
Translation for Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως α 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 Sandan standing on horned lion(?) enclosed in a pyramidal monument covered by round canopy supported by two figures wearing Phrygian cap; on monument, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.58 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference SNG France 1781
Specimens 13 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4, 6, 10: same pair of dies. 2, 5, 7–8, 11: same pair of dies. 1–11: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.399 BMC 310
2 2     P: 1498 Wa 4687 corr (‘Etruscilla’) = SNG 1781
3 3     B: 18311422, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
4 4     C: Leake 2604
5 5     Bern: Righetti 1706
6 6     Yale: 2004.6.3474 Hirsch 212, 22 Nov. 2000, lot 608
7 7     D. H. Cox, ‘The Coins’, in H. Goldman (ed.), Excavations at Gözlü Kule, Tarsus (Princeton, 1950–3), no. 259
8 8     ✸ MünzZentrum 129, 7 Sept. 2005, lot 239
9 9     Rohde coll.
10 10     Tahberer 1675
11 11     Tahberer 1676
12 12     CGT coll.
13 13     D. Lowe coll.