RPC IX, 1486

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1486
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 ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Ἑρεννίαν Ἐτρουσκίλλαν Σεβαστήν Ἑρεννίαν Ἐτρουσκίλλα(ν) Σεβα(στήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΙΕΡΟΥ ΟΛΥΜΠ ΘΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ γʹ ἔτους ἱεροῦ Ὀλυμπικοῦ θξσʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) ἱεροῦ Ὀλυμπ(ικοῦ) θξσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of the sacred Olympic 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 14.53 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 769
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1897,0503.46 BMC 36
2 2     Cop SNG 52
3 3     Lindgren III, 788