RPC IX, 1488

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1488
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 ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΙΕΡΟΥ ΟΛΥΜ ΘΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου μητροπόλεως γʹ γʹ ἔτους ἱεροῦ Ὀλυμπικοῦ θξσʹ Ἀναζάρβ(ου) μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) ἱεροῦ Ὀλυμ(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 30 mm
Average weight 15.00 g
Axis 6, 7, 9
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 763–5
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–14: same obv. die as 1484/1–4, 1485/1–29, 1487/1–8, 1489/1, 1490/1.
Note For die links, see Ziegler, Anazarbos, pp. 337-9

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 243 SNG 2121
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     V: GR 19081
4 4     Washington
5 5     Washington
6 6     Winterthur: 4557
7 7     CNA MBS 21, 26 June 1992, lot 469
8 8     Falghera 2414
9 9     M&M Basel, list 371, 1975, lot 35
10 10     MünzZentrum 70, 5 Dec. 1990, lot 403
11 11     Tahberer 442
12 12     Tahberer 443
13 13     Waddell 1, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 462 = Wadell, list 17, 1985, lot 97 = Waddell, list 21, 1985, lot 185
14 14     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 763.5