RPC IX, 589

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 589
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 Apollo (Klarios) seated left, holding branch and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 8.69 g
Axis 6
Reference Milne 249
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 588/1–6, 590/1, 652/1–5 (Hypaepa), 653/1–5 (Hypaepa), 654/1–2 (Hypaepa), 655/1–5 (Hypaepa), 656/1–2 (Hypaepa). 1–2: same rev. die as 592/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1859,1219.192 BMC 56 = Kraft p. 133, no. 128b
2 2     B: Fox