RPC IX, 2074

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2074
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG
Edition <H>erennia Etruscilla Aug(usta)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription COL PR F AVG F C CAES METR P S P
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metr(opolis) p(rovinciae) S(yriae) P(alaestinae)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis of the province of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design Bacchus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 16.73 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kadman II 167
Specimens 9 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.68986 SNG 836
2 2     J-MJA: 56.03/1479 Kadman II 167
3 3     IMJ Sofaer 135
4 4     IMJ Sofaer 136
5 5     IMJ: 78.02182 Rosenberger II, 138
6 6     Ste Anne van der Vliet, ‘Monnaies inédites et rares du médaillier de Sainte Anne, Jerusalem’, Revue Biblique 1950, I, p. 117, no. 17 = Kadman II 167
7 7     CNG EA 273, 8 Feb. 2012, lot 273 = Rauch 34, 14 Jan. 1985, lot 222
8 8     ✸ Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, Shoshanna coll. part 2, lot 20374
9 9     Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 221