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IX, 1593
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1593
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Volume
IX
Number
1593
Province
Mesopotamia
Region
Mesopotamia
City
Rhesaena
Reign
Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)
Herennius Etruscus (Augustus)
Issue
Group 2
Obverse inscription
ΓΑΙ ΜƐϹ ƐΡ ƐΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΙΟϹ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ϹƐΒ
Nominative
Gaius Messius Herennius Etruscus Decius Augustus
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription
ϹƐΠ ΚΟΛ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙⲰΝ L III P
Reverse design
priest ploughing with two oxen, r., holding staff; above, eagle on palm with wreath in beak; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
26 mm
Axis
5, 11, 12
Reference
Castelin 178–80
Specimens
4 (3 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
✸
P: 2194
Castelin 180, pl. XIII
26
12.78
11
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2
2
B: Fox
Castelin 179, pl. XIII, obv.
26
12.32
11
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3
3
B: Löbb.
Castelin 178
26
11.04
5
worn; at exergue, wreath between two palms instead of river-god?
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4
4
Milan
SNG 139
25
14.52
12
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