RPC IX, 2081

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2081
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription C MES Q EREN ETRVSCO DECIO CAES
Edition Caio Messio Quinto Herennio Etrusco Decio Caesari C(aio) Mes(sio) Q(uinto) <H>eren(nio) Etrusco Decio Caes(ari)
Translation to Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL PR F AVG F C CAES MET S P
Edition Colonia Prima Flavia Augusta Felix? Concordia? Caesarea metropolis Syriae Palaestinae Col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) met(ropolis) S(yriae) P(alaestinae)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix Concordia, Caesarea, metropolis of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design altar with horns; behind it, two trees, a date palm on left and a olive tree on right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 16.95 g
Axis 2, 6, 12
Reference BMC 182, Kadman II 183
Specimens 16 (3 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.1648 BMC 182
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Haifa-MA: 1/51
5 5     J-MJA: 61/647/957
6 6     IMJ Sofaer 148
7 7     IMJ: 78.02197
8 8     J-PBI
9 9     Tel Aviv Kadman II 183
10 10     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 305
11 11     CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 279
12 12     CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 280
13 13     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 403
14 14     Heritage 3003, 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20594
15 15     M&M Basel 32, 20 Oct. 1966, lot 346
16 16     M&M GmbH 18, 5 Oct. 2005, lot 1546 (Righetti)