RPC IX, 840

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 840
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 ΑΡ(Χ), 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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 12.23 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG vA 3885
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 838/1–3, 839/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2283 SNG vA 3885
2 2     P: 1726D Wa 6336
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     ✸ Gorny 96, 7 June 1999, lot 363 = Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2051
5 5     V-ON Leypold 1690