RPC IX, 721

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 721
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Κύ(ϊντος) Ἑρ(έννιος) Ἐτρούσ(κος) Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΙΝΟΥ ΠΩΛ Β ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφίνου Πωλ(λιανοῦ) βʹ Φλ(αβίων) Φιλαδελφέ(ων) νεωκόρων
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, of the Flavian Philadelphians, neocorate
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 14.76 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 108
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 713A/1, 720/1, 758/1–2 (Apollonoshieron).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.286 BMC 108