RPC IX, 593

 

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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 Agathokles (strategos and priest of Apollo)
Obverse inscription ΚΥ ΕΡ ΕΤΡ ΜΕ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΚΑΙ
Edition Κύϊντος Ἑρέννιος Ἐτροῦσκος Μέσσιος Δέκιος Καῖσαρ Κύ(ϊντος) Ἑρ(έννιος) Ἐτρ(οῦσκος) Μέ(σσιος) Δέκιος Καῖ(σαρ)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡΑ ΦΛ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥϹ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Φλαβίου Ἀγαθοκλέους Κολοφωνίων ἐπὶ στρα(τηγοῦ) Φλ(αβίου) Ἀγαθοκλέους Κολοφωνίων
Translation under strategos Flavius Agathocles, of the Colophonians
Reverse design half nude Homer seated right, holding an open scroll
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.23 g
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.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2004.6.2776