RPC IX, 1571

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1571
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 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 Σεπ(τιμία) Ῥησαινησίων l(egio) III P(arthica)
Translation the Septimian colony of Rhesaenians, 3rd Parthian legion
Reverse design temple (without 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 12.46 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Castelin 164
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G Castelin 164, pl. XII, rev. = SNG 2473
2 2     Falghera 2442 = Schulten, Oct. 1984, lot 525
3 3     Lindgren I, 2624
4 4     ✸ M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 990 (Righetti)
5 5     R. Becker coll. = MünzZentrum 72, 2 Dec. 1991, lot 879