RPC IX, 723

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 723
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Maeonia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Etruscus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference LS p. 95, no. 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 708/1–2 (Philadelphia), 709/1–2 (Philadelphia), 710/1–2 (Philadelphia), 711/1–3 (Philadelphia), 712/1–5 (Philadelphia).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B LS p. 95, no. 12 = Kraft p. 134, no. 134a
2 2     ✸ V: GR 19443
3 3     Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 1486 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1181 = Kraft p. 134, no. 134a
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     R. Effler coll. = N&N London 21, 9 Sept. 2023, lot 247