RPC IX, 150

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 150
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 ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΕΙΚΗ ΚΟΛ ΜΗΤΡ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟϹ
Edition Θεσσαλονείκη κολωνία μητρόπολις δʹ νεωκόρος Θεσσαλονείκη κολ(ωνία) μητρ(όπολις) δʹ νεωκόρος
Translation Thessalonica, colony, metropolis, four times neocorate
Reverse design four temples with four columns seen in perspective
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.01 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou 10
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 148/1, 149/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. Touratsoglou 10, pl. 44, rev.
2 2     ✸ Harvard: 1984.205.191
3 3     Lanz 121, 22 Nov. 2004, lot 568 = Jacquier 33, 2005, lot 222 = Jacquier 34, 2006, lot 418 = Jacquier 35, 2007, lot 464 = Jacquier 36, 2009, lot 243
4 4     Lindgren II, 1250
5 5     Schulten, 20 Oct. 1988, lot 177
6 6     ex R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Numismatik Naumann 46, 11 Sept. 2016, lot 324
7 7     R. Hoppensteadt coll.
8 8     Tiber Numismatics and Auctions 9, 15 June 2025, lot 120