RPC IX, 712

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 712
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ƐΤΡΟΥϹΚ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ϹƐΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Etruscus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐΩΝ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus standing l., raising r. hand and holding sceptre; at feet, l., eagle spreading wings
Metal Æ
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 109
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 708/1–2, 709/1–2, 710/1–2, 711/1–3, 723/1–4 (Maeonia). 1–5: same rev. die as 713/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1892,0507.127 BMC 109 = Kraft p. 134, no. 134b
2 2     B Kraft p. 134, no. 134a, pl. 24
3 3     Cop SNG 391 = Kraft p. 134, no. 134b
4 4     Winterthur: 3876
5 5     CGT coll. = CNG EA 226, 27 Jan. 2010, lot 438 = M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 811 (Righetti)