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
Edition Ἑρεννίαν Ἐτρουσκίλλαν Σεβαστήν Ἑρεννίαν Ἐτρουσκίλλαν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΘΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξου μητροπόλεως γʹ γʹ ἔτους θξσʹ Ἀναζάρβου ἐνδόξ(ου) μητροπό(λεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) θξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 269
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
Average weight 18.37 g
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)

Specimens of this coin type

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