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 Ἑρέννια 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 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

Number Number 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