RPC IX, 2191

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2191
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription C M Q DECIVS ETRVSCVS AVG
Edition G(aius) M(essius) Q(uintus) Decius Etruscus Aug(ustus)
Translation Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Etruscus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL AEL KAP COM P F
Edition col(onia) Ael(ia) Kap(itolina) Com(modiana) P(ia) F(elix)
Translation Colony of Aelia Capitolina Commodiana Pious Fortunate
Reverse design Jupiter standing right, holding sceptre and small bust
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.71 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Kadman I I 184, Meshorer 171
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.63157 SNG 631
3 3     IMJ Sofaer 156
4 4     IMJ: 78.01636
5 5     Ste Anne Decloedt, ‘Monnaies inédites du médaillier de Sainte-Anne’, RN 1912, p. 475, no. 14
6 6     ✸ CNG EA 229, 10 Mar. 2010, lot 348
7 7     CNG EA 235, 23 June 2010, lot 377
8 8     CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 248