RPC IX, 150A

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 150A
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription [ΚΑΙ] ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕΝ ΜΕϹΙ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙ[ΛΛΟΝ 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 ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΚΟΛ ΜΗΤ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟϹ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη κολ(ωνία) μητ(ρόπολις) δʹ νεωκόρος
Translation Thessalonica, colony, metropolis, neocorate four time
Reverse design inscription in wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.77 g
Axis 1
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Savoca 120 Blue, 11 Dec. 2021, lot 509
2 2     ✸ Nomos Obolos WA 19, 8 May 2021, lot 536