RPC IX, 149

 

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Coin type
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 Καίσαρα Κύϊντον Ἑρέννιον Μέσσιον Ἐτρούσκιλλον Δέκιον 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 κολωνία μητρόπολις δʹ νεωκόρος 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, 150/1–8.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1958,0304.112
2 2     P: 1499