RPC IX, 883

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 883
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Synnada
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΕΡ ΕΤΡΟΥϹ ΔΕΚΙϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Ἑρ(έννιος) Ἐτροῦσ(κος) Δέκι<ο>ς
Translation Emperor Caesar Herennius Etruscus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ
Edition Συνναδέων
Translation of the Synnadeans
Reverse design turreted Amaltheia standing right, holding long sceptre and infant Zeus; to right, goat, standing right, head left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.98 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 61–2
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 884/1–4, 885/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1840,0217.242 BMC 62
2 2     L: 1841,B.3433 BMC 61
3 3     ✸ NY: 1944.100.50597