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 Ἑρέννια Τρούσκιλλα 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 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

Number Number 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