RPC IX, 639

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 639
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἑτρούσκιλλα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right; crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ
Edition Ἐφεσίων
Translation of the Ephesians
Reverse design bee
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.55 g
Axis 12
Reference Karwiese 1010
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4, 6–8: same pair of dies. 3, 5: same pair of dies. 1–9: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1021
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     Mu SNG 233
4 4     O
5 5     V: GR 34598
6 6     Hirsch 269, 23 Sept. 2010, lot 2964
7 7     MünzZentrum 94, 13 May 1998, lot 159
8 8     SNG vA 1920
9 9     CGT coll.