RPC IX, 1592

 

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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 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 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)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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