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
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 temple with four columns enclosing statue of Samian Hera standing facing, wearing kalathos, having fillets
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.15 g
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.
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