RPC IX, 687

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 687
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 Tyche standing left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder resting on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.85 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 361
Specimens 10 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 5, 9: same pair of dies. 3–4, 6, 8: same pair of dies. 1–6, 8–9: same obv. die as 680/1–8, 681/1–5, 682/1–14, 683/1–7, 9–12, 684/1–7, 685/1–9, 686/1–21, 688/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 361
2 2     L: 1961,0301.313 Weber 6348
3 3     ✸ P: 3545
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Cop SNG 1791
6 6     Cop SNG 1792
7 7     NY: 1947.97.443
8 8     O
9 9     V: GR 18178
10 10     CGT coll.