RPC IX, 1574

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1574
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ωΤΡΑϹΚΑΛΛΑΝ ϹΕΒ (sic)
Edition Ἑρέννιαν Ωτρασκάλλαν Σεβαστήν Ἑρέννιαν Ωτρασκάλλαν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
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 turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rocks, left, holding ears of corn; at her feet, river god (Chaboras) swimming; above, eagle with wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.88 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 158–60
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2187 Castelin 160b
2 2     B Castelin 159b
3 3     B: Löbb. Castelin 159c
4 4     B: Rauch Castelin 158, pl. XII
5 5     G Castelin 160a, pl. XII, rev. = SNG 2472
6 6     Mu Castelin 159a
7 7     Lindgren I, 2623
8 8     ✸ M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 989 (Righetti)