RPC IX, 2084

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2084
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 front
Reverse inscription COL PR F AV(G) 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 Etruscus riding on galloping horse, right, holding transverse spear; below, at right, small figure of enemy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 15.36 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 181, Kadman II 180
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1649 BMC 181
2 2     ✸ P: 110
3 3     J-MJA: 44.01/2351 Kadman II 150, p. 206, no. 61, pl. XIII (‘Decius’)
4 4     J-MJA: 60/3064 Kadman II 180
5 5     J-PBI Kadman II 180