RPC IX, 842

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 842
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Metropolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Augustus)
Magistrate Alexandros, son of Tieios (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ Μ Κ ΕΡ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Ἑρ(έννιος) Ἐτροῦ(σκος) Δεκίος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑ ΑΛΕ ΤΙΕΙΟΥ ΠΡ ΑΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ-ΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΦΡΥ
Edition πα(ρὰ) Ἀλε(ξάνδρου) Τιειου πρ(ώτου) ἄρ(χοντος) Μητροπολειτῶν Φρυ(γίας)
Translation from Alexandros, son of Tieios, first archon of the Metropolitans of Phrygia
Reverse design Mên, crescent behind, standing right, foot on bull head, holding sceptre and patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.00 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 841/1–6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1903,0204.175 BMC 6
2 2     B: I-B KM p. 278, no. 5
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     ✸ Afyon: 1314
5 5     CGT coll.