RPC IX, 593

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 593
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Magistrate Flavius Agathocles (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 half nude Homer seated r., holding an open scroll
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 11
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 591/1–2, 592/1–5. 1: same rev. die as 590/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.2776