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 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 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

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