RPC IX, 576

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 576
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Artemas, son of Menemachos, grandson of Laianos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ
Edition Ἑρέν(νια) Ἐτρουσκίλλα
Translation Herennia Etruscilla
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΡΤΕΜΑ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΙΠΥΛΟΥ, ϹΤΡ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Ἀρτέμα Μαγνήτων Σιπύλου στρ(ατηγοῦ)
Translation under Artemas, of the Magnesians at Sipylus, strategos
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche standing facing, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.80 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 91
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 575/1–16.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p136.5.A BMC 91
2 2     ✸ P: 715
3 3     V-ON Leypold 1049
4 4     J. G. Kiss coll.