RPC IX, 254

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 254
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Nicaea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ΑΥΓ Ϲ
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Reverse design Athena standing left, holding patera and spear; shield at feet, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6
Reference Rec 747
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 255A/1. 1–3: same rev. die as 254A/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 520/1895 Rec pl. LXXXV.33
2 2     ✸ Cologne Weiser 137
3 3     Cologne Weiser 138
4 4     CGT coll. = Naville 16, 12 July 2015, lot 308
5 5     CGT coll.