RPC IX, 1593

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1593
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΓΑΙ ΜΕϹ ΕΡ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΙΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Γάϊος Μέσσιος Ἡρεννίος Ἐτρούσκος Δέκιος Σεβαστός Γάϊ(ος) Μέσ(σιος) Ἡρ(εννίος) Ἐτρούσκ{ιλλι}ος Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Gaius Messius Herennius Etruscus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
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 priest ploughing with two oxen, right, holding staff; above, eagle on palm with wreath in beak; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.67 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 178–80
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2194 Castelin 180, pl. XIII
2 2     B: Fox Castelin 179, pl. XIII, obv.
3 3     B: Löbb. Castelin 178
4 4     Milan SNG 139