RPC IX, 1378

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1378
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Tarsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕ
Edition Ἄννιαν Αἰτρούσκιλλαν Σε(βαστήν)
Translation for Annia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right; crescent at shoulders
Reverse inscription ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ, Α Μ Κ Γ Β
Edition Ταρσοῦ Μητροπόλεως αʹ μ(εγίστης) κ(αλλίστης) γʹ βʹ
Translation of Tarsus, metropolis, the first, the greatest, the most beautiful, (of the) three (eparchies), twice (neocorate)
Reverse design Nike standing on globe, left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 13.19 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG Anamur 364
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1368/1–18, 1369/1–3, 1372/1, 3–4, 7–11, 1375/1–8, 1376/1–2, 1379/1–6. 1–4: same rev. die as 1366/1–5, 1367/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Anamur: 1.1416.91 SNG 364
2 2     ✸ Brussels: II 58.322
3 3     Berk 106, 20 Jan. 1999, lot 790
4 4     CGT coll.