RPC IX, 1444

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1444
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΙΤ = 318
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙ ΕΡΕ ΑΙΤΡ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ ΕΠΙΦ ΚΕϹΑΡ
Nominative Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius nobilissimus Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙ ΔΕΚΙΑΝωΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤωΝ, Ε ΗΙΤ
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising arm, holding sceptre, and Isis standing left, holding sistrum and cornucopia; at right, crab
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1443/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 448 = Levante coll. = CNG 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1273 = J. Nollé, H. Zeller, ‘Von Anazarbos nach Mopsuhestia’, JNG 45 (1995), p. 47, Abb. 3
2 2     CGT coll.