RPC IX, 720

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 720
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, (grandson?) of Gaius (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΚΥ ΕΡ ΕΤΡΟΥϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ Β ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝΝΕΩΚΟΡ-ΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 713A/1, 721/1, 758/1–2 (Apollonoshieron).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll. = London Ancient Coins 39, 18 Nov. 2014, lot 136