RPC IX, 1438

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1438
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ERENIAN CVPRIS ETRVSCILLA
Nominative Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription COLONIA MALLO
Reverse design Minerva standing right, holding spear, extending right hand to founder Amphilochus (youthful) in guise of Apollo standing left, chlamys over left arm; boar between them
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 7
Reference BMC 33
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 4–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1439/1–5. 4–5: same rev. die as 695/1–4 (Samos), 696/1–3 (Samos).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1839,0919.432 BMC 33
2 2     CNG EA 163, 25 Apr. 2007, lot 180
3 3     SNG Levante Supp. 311
4 4     MünzZentrum 128, 1 June 2005, lot 235
5 5     Tahberer 970