RPC IX, 1573

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1573
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑ ΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Ἑρεννία Ἐτρουσκίλλα Σεβαστή Ἑρεννία <Ἐ>τρουσκίλλα Σεβα(στή)
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 27 mm
Average weight 12.62 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Castelin 166–7
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2188 Castelin 166a, pl. XII
2 2     B: 432/1871
3 3     Mu
4 4     Gotha Castelin 166b
5 5     CNG 37, 20 Mar. 1996, lot 1162
6 6     CNG EA 143, 12 July 2006, lot 148
7 7     Hirsch 183, 20 Sept. 1994, lot 1589