RPC IX, 1380

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1380
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΕΙΛΛΑ
Edition Ἑρέννιαν Αἰτρουσκειλλά(ν)
Translation Herennia Etruscilla
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right; crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως γʹ βʹ αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης)
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate), the first, the greatest, the most beautiful
Reverse design turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rocks, left, holding ear of corn; at her feet, river god (Kydnos) swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.14 g
Axis 11
Reference SNG France 1780
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1370/1–10, 1373/1–21, 1377/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1966/453, Delepierre SNG 1780
2 2     SNG Levante 1169
3 3     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 19, 6 July 2014, lot 443
4 4     Tahberer 1666
5 5     ✸ SNG vA 6071