RPC IX, 588

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 588
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Flavius Agathokles (strategos and priest of Apollo)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἑρέν(νια) Ἐτρουσκίλλα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΦΛ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Φλ(αβίου) Ἀγαθοκλέους Κολοφωνίων
Translation under the strategos Flavius Agathocles, of the Colophonians
Reverse design archaic statue (kouros) of Apollo, standing right, arms hanging at his sides, fists clenched
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.63 g
Axis 6
Reference Milne 251
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 589/1–2, 590/1, 652/1–5 (Hypaepa), 653/1–5 (Hypaepa), 654/1–2 (Hypaepa), 655/1–5 (Hypaepa), 656/1–2 (Hypaepa). 1–6: same rev. die as 591/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p104.7.B BMC 57, pl. VIII.13, rev. = Kraft p. 133, no. 128b
2 2     P: 1966/453, Delepierre
3 3     ✸ P: 334
4 4     NY: 1953.171.654
5 5     asiaminorcoins.com, 4607 (Jan. 2015)
6 6     CNG EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, lot 291