RPC IX, 1763

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1763
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, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.09 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 639 (18), McAlee 1152f
Specimens 17 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1950,0404.8
2 2     ✸ L: G.2395 BMC 619
3 3     P: 1984/756, Loriot
4 4     P: 842
5 5     B: Alter Bestand
6 6     NY: 1944.100.59331
7 7     NY: 1944.100.59332
8 8     CNG 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1349
9 9     CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1349 = Dieter Gorny Auktion 96, 7 June 1999, lot 383
10 10     Dura Excavations 564
11 11     Emporium Hamburg 67, 10 May 2012, lot 633
12 12     Gorny 96, 7 June 1999, lot 383
13 13     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1152f
14 14     Missere 868
15 15     Noble 95, 23 Nov. 2010, lot 5307
16 16     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 780
17 17     Prieur coll. = Prieur 639