RPC IX, 591

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 591
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Magistrate Phl Agathoclès (strategos and ‘priest of Apollo’)
Obverse inscription ΚΥ ƐΡ ƐΤΡ ΜƐ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Nominative Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΦΛ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛƐΟΥϹ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Reverse design archaic statue (kouros) of Apollo, standing r., arms hanging at his sides, fists clenched
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Reference Milne 253
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 592/1–5, 593/1. 1–2: same rev. die as 588/1–6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu SNG 570
2 2     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 1911
3 3     Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 169