RPC IX, 32

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 32
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue AN XII
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB (C)
Edition Q(uintus) Her(ennius) Etr(uscus) Mes(sius) Decius Nob(ilissimus) C(aesar)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius most Noble Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN XII
Edition P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) XII
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, Colony Viminacium, in the year 12
Reverse design Moesia standing left; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.62 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 12
Reference AMNG 141
Specimens 15 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     C McClean 4341
4 4     Mu SNG 204
5 5     Mu SNG 205
6 6     ✸ V: GR 38507, Elmer
7 7     Budapest SNG 439
8 8     Budapest SNG 440
9 9     Budapest SNG 441
10 10     Budapest SNG 442
11 11     CGF MBS 24, 24 June 2005, lot 566
12 12     CNG EA 213, 1 July 2009, lot 256 = Helios 2, 25 Nov. 2008, lot 402
13 13     Emporium Hamburg 69, 4 Apr. 2013, lot 370
14 14     M&M GmbH 6, 23 Mar. 2000, lot 150
15 15     CGT coll. = Pecunem 12, 2 Feb. 2014, lot 311