RPC IX, 976

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 976
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Cremna
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES Q ER ETR MES DECIVM
Nominative Imperator Caesar Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG CREM
Reverse design Mars standing left, holding patera(?) and small round shield and spear
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 11
Reference vA Pisidien II, 1490
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Boston: 68.168 R. E. Hecht, ‘Some Coins of Asia Minor in Boston’, NC 1964, p. 367, no. 24 = vA Pisidien II, 1490, pl. 32
2 2     ✸ M&M 81, 18 Sept. 1995, lot 615 = Schulten, 22 Apr. 1985, lot 806 = Lanz 30, 26 Nov. 1984, lot 775
3 3     CGT coll.