RPC IX, 656

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 656
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 ΝΕΙΚΩ
Edition Ὑπαιπηνῶν ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Φλ(αουΐου) Ἑρμολάου Νεικω(νιανοῦ)
Translation of the Hypaepans, under strategos Flavius Ermolaos Nikonianos
Reverse design temple with six columns enclosing statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing, wearing kalathos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 8.38 g
Axis 6
Reference McClean 8668
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 588/1–6 (Colophon), 589/1–2 (Colophon), 590/1 (Colophon), 652/1–5, 653/1–5, 654/1–2, 655/1–5. 1–2: same rev. die as 657/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 534
2 2     C McClean 8668