RPC IX, 1487

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1487
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 ΜΗΤΡ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΙΕΡ ΟΛΥΥΜ (sic) ΘΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ γʹ ἔτους ἱεροῦ Ὀλυμπικοῦ θξσʹ Ἀναζάρβου μητρ(οπόλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) ἱερ(οῦ) Ὀλυ{υ}μ(πικοῦ) 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 29 mm
Average weight 13.68 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 766
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1484/1–4, 1485/1–29, 1488/1–14, 1489/1, 1490/1.
Note All coins recorded are from the same dies. For die links, see Ziegler, Anazarbos, pp. 337-9

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     ✸ NY: 2000.8.7
3 3     P-AIBL Fonds Robert 881
4 4     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 249
5 5     A-KIKPE SNG Pfalz 250
6 6     Ziegler 1139
7 7     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 766.3
8 8     CGT coll.