RPC IX, 771

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 771
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΙΑ ΑΙΤΡΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἑρεν<ν>ία Αἰτρυσκίλλα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων
Translation of the Antiochians
Reverse design river god Maeandros reclining left, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left hand, resting on overturned vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.65 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 55
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 8: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 664/1 (Anineta), 768/1–2, 769/1–2, 770/1, 772/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: HPB,p114.2.F BMC 55 = Kraft p. 134, no. 132a
2 2     ✸ P: 168
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     Cop SNG 61
5 5     V: GR 31838
6 6     Bern: Righetti 941
7 7     MünzZentrum 71, 3 June 1991, lot 299
8 8     Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1685
9 9     SNG Keckman 10