RPC IX, 546

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 546
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Magistrate Cominius Flavius Glykon (strategos and theologos)
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΟϹ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΙ
Nominative Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΚΟΜ Φ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ, ΘΕΟΛΟ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟ
Reverse design at left, Asclepius standing facing, holding serpent staff; at right, Demeter standing facing, wearing kalathos, holding two long torches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 547/1–4, 553/1, 556/1 (Elaea), 557/1 (Elaea).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Mu Kraft p. 152, no. 63a, pl. 46
2 2     NY: 1944.100.43364
3 3     Boston: 63.1097
4 4     Stuttgart Kraft p. 152, no. 63a