RPC IX, 284

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 284
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕ
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design vexillum with eagle between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec 752
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 281/1, 282/1, 283/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1164 Rec pl. LXXXV.37, rev.
2 2     V: GR 15732
3 3     ✸ CGT coll.
4 4     T. Mullally coll.
5 5     Roma E-Sale 28, 2 July 2016, lot 296
6 6     Trade (eBay)