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
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ΠΑΡ ΑΛΕΞ ΤΙΕΙΟΥ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΩ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Φ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
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