RPC IX, 719

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 719
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, (grandson?) of Gaius (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Ἑρέν(νια) Ἐτρουσκίλλα Σεβασ(τή)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΠΩΛ Β ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείνου Πωλ(λιανοῦ) βʹ Φλ(αουριανῶν) φιλαδελφέων νεωκόρων
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, of the Flavian Philadelphianσ, neocorate
Reverse design shrine with two columns, enclosing Aphrodite nude, standing and facing; at her feet, dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.91 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 717/1, 718/1–4, 730/1–2 (Maeonia), 731/1–2 (Maeonia).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1035 Wa 5160
2 2     R. Becker coll. = T. Vossen, Vcoins, lot 282007