RPC IX, 1595

 

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1595
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 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 26 mm
Average weight 12.29 g
Axis 6
Reference Castelin 184
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required (not illustrated)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg Castelin 184