RPC IX, 254

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 254
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ΑΥΓ Ϲ
Edition Ἑρεννία Ἐτροὐσκίλλα Αὐγ(ούστα) Σ(εβαστή)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla Augusta (Augusta)
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Edition Νικαιέων
Translation of the Nicaeans
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; shield at feet, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 5.37 g
Axis 6
Reference Rec 747
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 255A/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 254A/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 520/1895 Rec pl. LXXXV.33
2 2     ✸ Cologne Weiser 137
3 3     Cologne Weiser 138
4 4     CGT coll. = Naville 16, 12 July 2015, lot 308
5 5     CGT coll.