RPC IX, 1570

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1570
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡωϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἑρεννίαν Αἰτρωσκίλλαν Σεβαστήν Ἑρεννίαν Αἰτρωσκίλλαν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
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 27 mm
Average weight 13.07 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Castelin 161–2
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2930 BMC 41 = Castelin 162b
2 2     B: Alter Bestand Castelin 161
3 3     O
4 4     ✸ O
5 5     O
6 6     V Castelin 162c
7 7     N Castelin 162a, pl. XII
8 8     Giessener 48, 2 Apr. 1990, 617