RPC IX, 552

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 552
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 ΔΕΚΙ
Edition Κύϊν(τος) Ἐρέν(νιος) Ἐτροῦσκος Δέκι(ος)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΚΟΜ Φ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ Γ ΝΕ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Κομ(ινίου) Φ(λαβίου) Γλύκωνος Περγαμηνῶν γʹ νε(ωκόρων)
Translation under strategos Cominius Flavius Glykon, of the Pergamenes, thrice neocorate
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 13.99 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference SNG France 2290–1
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 4: same pair of dies. 1–2, 4: same obv. die as 551/1–4, 552A/1, 559/1–8 (Elaea). 2: same rev. die as 550/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1423 Wa 968 = SNG 2290
2 2     ✸ P: 1424 SNG 2291
4 4     V: GR 16510
5 5     Münster: 1409
6 6     Numismad 19, 25–26 Oct. 2024, lot 830