RPC IX, 2211

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2211
Province Arabia
Region Arabia
City Bostra
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG
Edition <H>erennia Etruscilla Aug(usta)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ACTIA DVSARIA COL METR BOSTRENORVM
Edition Actia(Actia) Dvsaria(Dvsaria) col(onia) Metr(opolis) Bostrenorum
Translation Actian-Dusarian (games), Colony Metropolis of the Bostrenes
Reverse design in wreath, the baetyls of the god Dusares: large baetyl between two small baetyls on raised platform; the large baetyl is surmounted by several flat stones, the other ones are surmounted by a single stone
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.90 g
Axis 9, 12
Reference Spijkerman 69, Kindler 52
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.69311 SNG 1252
2 2     ✸ NY: 1961.154.180 SNG 1253
3 3     J-SBF Spijkerman 69
4 4     Tel Aviv Kindler 52