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 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 (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

# Specimen 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