RPC IX, 1575

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1575
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 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 12.53 g
Axis 9
Reference Castelin 157
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gotha Castelin 157b
2 2     St Petersburg Castelin 157a
3 3     ✸ M&M GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2294 = Hirsch 175, 23 Sept. 1992, lot 1341