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 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 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 9.35 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou 10
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 148/1, 149/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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     R. Hoppensteadt coll. = Numismatik Naumann 46, 11 Sept. 2016, lot 324