RPC IX, 718

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 718
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, (grandson?) of Gaius (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Ἑρέν(νια) Ἐτρουσκίλλα Σεβασ(τή)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΠΩΛ Β ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείνου Πωλ(λιανοῦ) βʹ Φλ(αουριανῶν) φιλαδελφέων νεωκόρων
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, of the Flavian Philadelphianσ, neocorate
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding ears of corn and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 11.18 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference BMC 111
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 717/1, 719/1–2, 730/1–2 (Maeonia), 731/1–2 (Maeonia).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1900,0404.59 BMC 111
2 2     Bern: Righetti 1064
3 3     V-ON Leypold 1142
4 4     SNG vA 3086 = Kraft p. 133, no. 129b, pl. 24