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 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 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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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