RPC IX, 1698

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1698
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Group 3, officina 1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΚΕϹΑΡ
Edition Ἑρένν(ιος) Ἐτροῦ(σκος) Μέ(σσιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Δέκιος Κέσα(ρ)
Translation Herennius Etruscus Messius Quintus Decius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear; below bust: •
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) Ἐξουσίας S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.87 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 628 (20), McAlee 1153a
Specimens 20 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1948,0602.17
2 2     L: G.2399 BMC 611
3 3     P: 843
4 4     P: 844
5 5     NY: 1944.100.59335
6 6     NY: 1944.100.59349
7 7     NY: 1995.11.862
8 8     V: GR 21307
9 9     Yale: 1938.6000.2426 Dura Excavations 551
10 10     Bland III.658
11 11     Bland IV.108
12 12     Bland V.17
13 13     CNA MBS 20, 25 Mar. 1992, lot 459
14 14     CNG 35, 20 Sept. 1995, lot 1202
15 15     CNG MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, lot 859 = Giessener Münzhandlung 67, 2 May 1994, lot 744
16 16     Missere 864
17 17     MünzZentrum 47, 10 Nov. 1982, lot 233
18 18     MünzZentrum 64, 15 Apr. 1988, lot 651 = MünzZentrum 65, 9 Nov. 1988, lot 1197 = MünzZentrum 66, 26 Apr. 1989, lot 1336
19 19     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 1111
20 20     Prieur coll. = Prieur 628