RPC IX, 838

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 838
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Metropolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Alexandros, son of Tieios (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ Ϲ
Edition Ἑρέννιαν Ἐτρουσκίλλαν Σ(εβαστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ΠΑΡ ΑΛΕΞ ΤΙΕΙΟΥ ΠΡΩ ΑΡΧ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Φ
Edition παρ(ὰ) Ἀλεξ(άνδρου) Τιειου πρώ(του) ἄρχ(οντος) Μητροπολειτῶν Φ(ρυγίας)
Translation from Alexandros, son of Tieios, first archon of the Metropolitans of Phrygia
Reverse design helmeted Ares standing left, holding spear and Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.67 g
Axis 6
Reference Leypold 1689
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 839/1–2, 840/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.130
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 270
3 3     V-ON Leypold 1689