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 ƐΡ ƐΤΡΟΥ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ϹƐ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription (ΠΑ) ΑΛƐ ΤΙƐΙΟΥ ΠΡ ΑΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ-ΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ ΦΡΥ
Reverse design Mên, crescent behind, standing r., foot on bull head, holding sceptre and patera
Metal Æ
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 6
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–4: 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.