RPC IX, 2083

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2083
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 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 rear
Reverse inscription COL PR F AVG F C CAES MET S P
Edition 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 two eagles addorsed, each head reverted and holding wreath in beak; between them, vexillum inscribed LX[X]
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 20.63 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference Kadman II 185, Sofaer 145
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.68992 SNG 843
2 2     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 145
3 3     IMJ: 78.02198
4 4     CNG 90, 23 May 2012, lot 1223
5 5     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 307
6 6     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 404
7 7     Hirsch 154, 13 May 1987, lot 745
8 8     Local Museum of Mishmar Ha’emek = Kadman II 185, p. 210, no. 74/2, pl. XV