RPC IX, 583

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 583
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΕΡ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Nominative Herennius Etruscus Decius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference Milne 254
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 582/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 336
2 2     B: 452/1883
3 3     Mu SNG 571
4 4     Mu SNG 572
5 5     V: GR 33905 J. Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908 (Weber), lot 2775
6 6     D. J. MacDonald, Greek and Roman coins from Aphrodisias (Oxford, 1976), p. 8, no. 278
7 7     CGT coll. = Naumannn 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 437