RPC IX, 655

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 655
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
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ ΝΕΙΚΩΝΙ, ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 67
Specimens 5 (2 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, 653/1–5, 654/1–2, 656/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1840,0217.221 BMC 67 = Kraft p. 133, no. 128a
2 2     V: GR 19424
3 3     Cologne: HYP_0192
4 4     Rauch Summer 2012, 20 Sept. 2012, lot 1309
5 5     SNG vA 2972 = Kraft p. 133, no. 128a