RPC IX, 1591

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1591
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 two Tychai standing facing each other, joining right hands; at left, a statue on column; between them, lighted altar; above, eagle on palm; at right, centaur Sagittarius holding bow; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.91 g
Axis 5, 6, 12
Reference Castelin 169–71
Specimens 7 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2191 Castelin 170a
2 2     B: 163/1914 Castelin 169a
3 3     C
4 4     C: 118-1992
5 5     G Castelin 169b = SNG 2476
6 6     G Castelin 171 = SNG 2475
7 7     Mu Castelin 170b