RPC IX, 1572

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1572
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἑρεννία Ἐτρουσκίλλα Σεβαστή Ἑρεννία Ἐτρουσκίλλα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation 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 25 mm
Average weight 11.63 g
Axis 5, 11
Reference Castelin 168
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     G Castelin 168, pl. XII = SNG 2474
2 2     ✸ CNA MBS 21, 26 June 1992, lot 492
3 3     CGT coll.