RPC IX, 1492

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1492
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 ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΘΞϹ
Reverse design Tyche seated left on rocks and receiving agonistic crown from two Tychai; at right, a third Tyche standing left, holding prize-crown; below, river god (Pyramos) swimming left; the three Tychai are Cilicia, Isauria and Lycaonia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 770
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
Note Compare the reverse with https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/4937 (Tarsus)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 53
2 2     ✸ CNG 93, 22 May 2013, lot 860