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 Σεβαστήν 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 Σεπτιμία Ῥησαινησίων legio III Parthica 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

# Specimen 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