RPC IX, 719

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 Aur Ruphinos B Pôllianos Gaiou (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ƐΡƐΝ ƐΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹƐΒΑϹ
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, r., on crescent
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦƐΙΝΟΥ ΠΩΛ Β ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐΩΝ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design shrine with two columns, enclosing Aphrodite nude, standing and facing; at her feet, dolphin
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
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