RPC IX, 1568

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1568
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ωΤΡΑϹΚΑΛΛΑΝ ϹΕΒ (sic)
Edition Ἑρέννιαν Ωτρασκάλλαν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Edition Σεπ(τιμία) Ῥησαινησίων l(egio) III P(arthica)
Translation the Septimian colony of Rhesaenians, 3rd Parthian legion
Reverse design temple (with roof) seen in perspective enclosing eagle with closed wings; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming between two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.12 g
Axis 2, 6
Reference Castelin 163
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2189 Castelin 163b
2 2     B: I-B Castelin 163a
3 3     Mu Castelin 163c
4 4     ✸ NY
5 5     M&M GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2295