RPC IX, 652

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 652
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Flavius Ermolaos Nikonianos (strategos)
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 ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΦΛ ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ, ΝΕΙΚΩΝΙ
Edition Ὑπαιπηνῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Φλ(αουΐου) Ἑρμολάου Νεικωνι(ανοῦ)
Translation of the Hypaepans, under strategos Flavius Ermolaos Nikonianos
Reverse design statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing, wearing kalathos, opening arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.15 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 66
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5: same pair of dies. 2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 588/1–6 (Colophon), 589/1–2 (Colophon), 590/1 (Colophon), 653/1–5, 654/1–2, 655/1–5, 656/1–2.
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1900,0404.35 BMC 66 = Kraft p. 133, no. 128a
2 2     P: 535
3 3     ✸ V: GR 19427
4 4     Peus 374, 23 Apr. 2003, lot 972
5 5     CGT coll.