RPC IX, 1575

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1575
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡωϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹΕΒ
Edition Ἑρεννίαν Αἰτρωσκίλλαν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Edition Σεπ(τιμία) Ῥησαινησίων l(egio) III P(arthica)
Translation the Septimian colony of Rhesaenians, 3rd Parthian legion
Reverse design turreted and veiled Tyche seated on rocks, left, holding ears of corn; at her feet, river god (Chaboras) swimming; above, eagle with wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.53 g
Axis 9
Reference Castelin 157
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Gotha Castelin 157b
2 2     St Petersburg Castelin 157a
3 3     ✸ M&M GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2294 = Hirsch 175, 23 Sept. 1992, lot 1341