RPC IX, 680

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 680
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Reverse design Androklos(?) advancing right, attacking boar with spear; beside him, hound attacking boar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 362
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5, 7–8: same pair of dies. 2, 4, 6: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 681/1–5, 682/1–14, 683/1–7, 9–12, 684/1–7, 685/1–9, 686/1–21, 687/1–6, 8–9, 688/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 362
2 2     P: 1966/453, Delepierre
3 3     ✸ P: 3548
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     G SNG 1828
6 6     O
7 7     V: GR 18184
8 8     Hirsch 195, 5 May 1997, lot 899 = Hirsch 191, 24 Sept. 1996, lot 1428 = Hirsch 184, 23 Nov. 1994, lot 926 = Hirsch 179, 21 Sept. 1993, lot 1264