RPC IX, 653

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 653
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 ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΦΛ ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ ΝΕΙΚΩΝΙ, ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Φλ(αουΐου) Ἑρμολάου Νεικωνι(ανοῦ) Ὑπαιπηνῶν
Translation under strategos Flavius Ermolaos Nikonianos, of the Hypaepans
Reverse design Nike advancing left, crowning a statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing, wearing kalathos, opening arms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.14 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Lindgren III, 481
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 588/1–6 (Colophon), 589/1–2 (Colophon), 590/1 (Colophon), 652/1–5, 654/1–2, 655/1–5, 656/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 533
2 2     B: 1429
3 3     NY: 1953.171.873 Kraft p. 133, no. 128a
4 4     V: GR 19428
5 5     Lindgren III, 481