RPC IX, 546

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 546
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Magistrate Kominios Flavios Glykôn (strategos and theologos)
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ƐΡƐΝ ƐΤΡΟΥϹΚΟϹ ΜƐϹ ΔƐΚΙ
Nominative Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ Ϲ ΚΟΜ Φ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ, ΘƐΟΛΟ, ΠƐΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝƐΩΚΟ
Reverse design at l., Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent staff; at r., Demeter standing facing, wearing kalathos, holding two long torches
Metal Æ
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 547/1–4, 553/1, 556/1 (Elaea), 557/1 (Elaea).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu Kraft p. 152, no. 63a, pl. 46
2 2     NY: 1944.100.43364
3 3     Boston: 63.1097
4 4     Stuttgart Kraft p. 152, no. 63a