RPC IX, 987

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 987
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Comama
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription C M Q EREN DECION CAE
Edition Caium Messium Quintum Herennium Decium Caesarem C(aium) M(essium) Q(uintum) <H>eren(nium) Deci{on}<um> Cae(sarem)
Translation for Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL COMAMEN
Edition colonia Comamenorum col(onia) Comamen(orum)
Translation colony of the Comamenes
Reverse design veiled goddess standing right, wearing kalathos, holding patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.94 g
Axis 12
Reference vA Komama, 30
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0411.258 Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2050
2 2     P: 2011.7
3 3     B: 18288285, 1929/1420
4 4     Istanbul vA Komama, 30
5 5     ✸ M&M GmbH 16, 19 May 2005, lot 778 = Righetti
6 6     SNG vA 8599