RPC IX, 839

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 839
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 ΑΡΧ ΠΡΩ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Φ
Edition παρ(ὰ) Ἀλέξ(ανδρου) Τιειου ἄρχ(οντος) πρώ(του) Μητροπολειτῶν Φ(ρυγίας)
Translation from Alexandros, son of Tieios, first archon, of the Metropolitans of Phrygia
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.35 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 4
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 838/1–3, 840/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1892,0403.5 BMC 4
2 2     CNG EA 349, 22 Apr. 2015, lot 279