RPC IX, 731

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 731
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Maeonia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Aurelius Apphianos II, also known as the Athenian (first archon for the second time and stephanephoros)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΑΠΦΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ Κ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ ΑΡ[Χ] ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus Lydios standing left, holding eagle spreading wings and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 717/1 (Philadelphia), 718/1–4 (Philadelphia), 719/1–2 (Philadelphia), 730/1–2. 1–2: same rev. die as RPC VI 2377/1 (Nicaea).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     ✸ V: GR 30940