RPC IX, 793

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 793
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Γ ΜΕ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΟϹ ΚΕ
Edition Γ(άϊος) Μέ(σσιος) Ετρούσκος Κέ(σαρ)
Translation Gaius Messius Etruscus Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟϹ
Edition Τριπολειτῶν Μαιάνδρος
Translation of the Tripolitans, Maeander
Reverse design river god (Meandros) reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on overturned vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.39 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 792A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1840