RPC IX, 1456

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1456
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖϘϹ = 297
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription Κ ΕΡ ΕΤ Μ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ Ε ΚΥ ϹΕΒ
Edition Κύϊντος Ἑρέννιος Ἐτροῦσκος Μέσσιος Δέκιος Ευσεβὴς? Κυίντου Σεβαστοῦ Κ(ύϊντος) Ἑρ(έννιος) Ἐτ(ροῦσκος) Μ(έσσιος) Δέκιος Ε(υσεβὴς?) Κυ(ίντου) Σεβα(στοῦ)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius, Pious, son of lord Augustus (?)
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΙΓΕΑΙωΝ ΝΕωΚΟΡΟΥ ΘΕΟ, ΖϘϹ
Edition Αἰγεαίων νεωκόρου θεοφιλοῦς ζϙσʹ Αἰγεαίων νεωκόρου θεο(φιλοῦς) ζϙσʹ
Translation of the Aegeaeans, neocorate, beloved of the gods, 297
Reverse design bust of Asclepius, right, with traces of drapery; at right, serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.17 g
Axis 6
Reference Haymann 224
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies.
Note The meaning of the obverse inscription is unclear; perhaps Κ(οῖντος) Ἑρ(έννιος) Ἐτ(ρουσκός) Μ(ᾶρκος) Δεκίος Ε(υσεβής??) Κυ(ρίου) Σεβ(αστοῦ) ?
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2010/191 Levante Supp. II, 5
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 196, 1 Oct. 2008, lot 103
3 3     R. E. Hecht, ‘Some Greek Imperial Coins in my coll.’, NC 1968, p. 34, no. 21
4 4     CGT coll.