RPC IX, 684

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 684
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Miletus
Region Ionia
City Samos
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
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 ϹΑΜΙΩΝ
Edition Σαμίων
Translation of the Samians
Reverse design nymph(?), half nude, standing right, holding basin or shell
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 10.92 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 364
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 680/1–8, 681/1–5, 682/1–14, 683/1–7, 9–12, 685/1–9, 686/1–21, 687/1–6, 8–9, 688/1–5. 1–7: same rev. die as 675/1–8.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1889,0904.33 BMC 364
2 2     ✸ P: 3546
3 3     B: B-I
4 4     B: I-B
5 5     O
6 6     CGT coll. = Leu Web Auction 13, 16 Aug. 2020, lot 857
7 7     B: 18291685, 1929/1