RPC IX, 1594

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1594
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus) ; Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΓΑ ΜΕ Κ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γά(ϊος) Μέ(σσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Δεκίος Σεβ(αστὸς) Ἑρεν(νία) Ἐτρουσκίλλα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus, Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear, facing 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 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 27 mm
Average weight 12.95 g
Axis 4, 5, 11
Reference Castelin 181–3
Specimens 9 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1905,1006.22 BMC 37 = Castelin 182
2 2     L: 1961,0301.327
3 3     P: 1230, Chandon
4 4     P: 2193 Castelin 181, pl. XIII
5 5     B: Rauch Castelin 183c
6 6     Cop Castelin 183b
7 7     G Castelin 183a = SNG 2478
8 8     O
9 9     Hirsch 256, 5 May 2008, lot 620