RPC IX, 1592

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1592
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 Tyche standing left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia; above, eagle on palm with wreath in beak; at left, palm; at right, an other palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.75 g
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference Castelin 175–7
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2192 Castelin 176
2 2     G Castelin 177 = SNG 2477
3 3     V Castelin 175
4 4     Lindgren I, A2624A