RPC IX, 1762

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1762
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Group 3, officina 6
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: Ϛ (sometimes retrograde)
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 26 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 638 (11), McAlee 1153f
Specimens 16 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2394 BMC 612
2 2     P: 848
3 3     B: 17160
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     NY: 1944.100.59344
6 6     NY: 1944.100.59345
7 7     NY: 1944.100.59346
8 8     ✸ V: GR 38091, Voetter
9 9     Yale: 1938.6000.2082 Dura Excavations 556
10 10     CNG 31, 9–10 Sept. 1994, lot 1206
11 11     CNG EA 116, 15 June 2005, lot 166
12 12     CNG EA 181, 6 Feb. 2008, lot 240
13 13     Prieur coll. = Prieur 638
14 14     Roma Numismatics EA 8, 31 May 2014, lot 473
15 15     UBS 83, 8 Sept. 2009, lot 333
16 16     Freiburg: 12378