RPC IX, 547

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 547
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Magistrate Cominius Flavius Glykon (strategos and theologos)
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΟϹ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΙ
Edition Κύϊν(τος) Ἑρεν(νῖος) Ἐτρούσκος Μέσ(σιος) Δέκι(ος)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΚΟΜ Φ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ, ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ (sic)
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Κομ(ινίου) Φ(λαβίου) Γλύκωνος θεολόγου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Cominius Flavius Glykon, theologos, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing right, holding club and lion skin, facing Zeus seated left, holding sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 22.74 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference SNG France 2288
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 546/1–4, 553/1–2, 556/1 (Elaea), 557/1 (Elaea).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0101.1617 SNG vA 1421 = Kraft p. 152, no. 63a
2 2     ✸ P: 1425 SNG 2288
3 3     NY: 1944.100.43365 J. Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908 (Weber), lot 2512 = von Fritze, Pergamon, pl. IV, 9
4 4     O