RPC IX, 1682

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1682
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 3 and 4: bronze city coinage
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑ ΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἑρέννια Τρούσκιλλα Σεβ(αστή)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩ(Ν), Δ Ε, S C
Edition Ἀντιοχέων μητρο(πόλεως) κολων(ίας) δʹ ἐ(παρχιῶν) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation of the Antiochenes, metropolis colony, of the 4 eparchies, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design portable shrine with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche seated, facing, with river god (Orontes) facing, at her feet; above, ram running right; usually, carry-bars at the base of the shrine
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 16.90 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference CRS 502b, McAlee 1171
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 3: same rev. die as 1685/3. 4: same rev. die as 1683/3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 855
2 2     G SNG 3099
3 3     Amsterdam CRS p. 400
4 4     J-SBF CRS p. 400
5 5     BSFN, 65–2, p. 18–21 (found in Josnes, France)
6 6     CNG EA 106, 19 Jan. 2005, lot 216
7 7     Lindgren I, 2022
8 8     ✸ McAlee 1171 = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1446