RPC IX, 1484

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1484
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Year ΘΞϹ = 269
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕ
Edition Ἑρεννίαν Ἐτρουσκίλλαν Σεβαστήν Ἑρεννίαν Ἐτρουσκίλλα(ν) Σε(βαστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΘΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ γʹ ἔτους θξσʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) θξσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 269
Reverse design nude Dionysus (youthful) seated left, head right, on panther lying, right, holding thyrsus, right hand on head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.99 g
Axis 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 767
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1485/1–29, 1487/1–8, 1488/1–14, 1489/1, 1490/1.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     Boston: 63.921
3 3     ✸ Kölner Münzkabinett 37, 22 Nov. 1984, lot 74
4 4     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 767.4