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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/149 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IX |
Number | 149 |
Province | Macedonia |
Region | Macedonia |
City | Thessalonica |
Reign | Trajan Decius |
Person (obv.) | Herennius Etruscus (Caesar) |
Issue | Group 2 |
Obverse inscription | ΚΑΙ ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕΝ ΜΕϹΙ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΟΝ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ |
Edition | Καί(σαρα) Κύϊν(τον) Ἑρέν(νιον) Μέσσ(ιον) Ἐτρούσκιλλον Δέκιον |
Translation | for Caesar Quintus Herennius Messius Etruscillus Decius |
Obverse design | bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear |
Reverse inscription | ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΚΟΛ ΜΗΤ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟϹ |
Edition | Θεσσαλονίκη κολ(ωνία) μητ(ρόπολις) δʹ νεωκόρος |
Translation | Thessalonica, colony, metropolis, neocorate four time |
Reverse design | male figure, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding a agonistic crown, each containing a palm, in each hand; below, two others agonistic crown, each containing a palm |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 9.52 g |
Axis | 12 |
Reference | Touratsoglou 8 |
Specimens | 2 (2 in the core collections) |
Die-links | 1–2: same obv. die as 148/1, 150/1–7. |