RPC IX, 2103

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2103
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription MES Q EREN ETRVSCO DECIO CAES
Edition Mes(sio) Q(uinto) <H>eren(nio) Etrusco Decio Caes(ari)
Translation to Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius, Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL P F AV F C CAES METR(O) (S) P
Edition col(onia) P(rima) F(lavia) Au(gusta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metro(polis) S(yriae) P(alaestinae)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design turreted bust of Fortuna, left, with drapery on shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.74 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference BMC 183–7, Kadman II 174
Specimens 12 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1642 BMC 186
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1643 BMC 185
3 3     L: 1908,0110.1644 BMC 183
4 4     L: 1908,0110.1645 BMC 187, pl. IV.13, rev.
5 5     L: 1908,0110.1646 BMC 184
6 6     Mu
7 7     V: GR 22110
8 8     Haifa-MA Kadman II 174
9 9     IAA Kadman II 174
10 10     IMJ Sofaer 152
11 11     ✸ CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 281
12 12     Sternberg 34, 23 Oct. 1998, lot 222