RPC IX, 1590

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1590
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 2
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 ΚΟΛ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Edition Σεπτιμία κολωνία Ῥησαινησίων legio III Parthica Σεπ(τιμία) κολ(ωνία) Ῥησαινησίων l(egio) III P(arthica)
Translation the Septimian colony of Rhesaenians, 3rd Parthian legion
Reverse design priest ploughing with two oxen, right, holding staff; above, eagle on palm with wreath in beak; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.46 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 172–4
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1231, Chandon
2 2     P: 2190 Castelin 173
3 3     B: Löbb. Castelin 174
4 4     O
5 5     Bern: Righetti 2641
6 6     Castelin 172
7 7     Lindgren III, 1570