RPC IX, 686

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 686
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 temple with four columns enclosing statue of Samian Hera standing facing, wearing kalathos, having fillets
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7
Reference BMC 357
Specimens 21 (14 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9, 12–14, 17, 20–1: same pair of dies. 2, 5, 15, 18–19: same pair of dies. 8, 10–11: same pair of dies. 1–21: same obv. die as 680/1–8, 681/1–5, 682/1–14, 683/1–7, 9–12, 684/1–7, 685/1–9, 687/1–6, 8–9, 688/1–5. 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9, 12–14, 17, 20–1: same rev. die as 677/3–7. 2, 5, 15, 18–19: same rev. die as 677/1–2, 8.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 358
2 2     L: 1840,0217.200A BMC 357
3 3     L: 1979,0101.1819 SNG vA 2327 = Kraft p. 133, no. 13
4 4     P: 3549
5 5     P: 3550
6 6     B: Fox
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     Cop SNG 1789
9 9     G SNG 1826
10 10     NY: 1944.100.47602
11 11     O
12 12     O
13 13     O
14 14     V: GR 18174
15 15     Boston: 63.2606 Schulten, 2 Nov. 1983, lot 665
16 16     Tübingen SNG 3304
17 17     Falghera 2398 = Weber 6347
18 18     Lanz 10, 3 Dec. 1977, lot 859 = MünzZentrum 64, 15 Apr. 1988, lot 647
19 19     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 1061
20 20     M&M 86, 3 June 1998, lot 73
21 21     Schulten, 2 Nov. 1983, lot 665