RPC IX, 1574

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1574
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ωΤΡΑϹΚΑΛΛΑΝ ϹΕΒ (sic)
Edition Ἑρέννιαν Ωτρασκάλλαν Σεβ(αστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
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 12.88 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 158–60
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2187 Castelin 160b
2 2     B Castelin 159b
3 3     B: Löbb. Castelin 159c
4 4     B: Rauch Castelin 158, pl. XII
5 5     G Castelin 160a, pl. XII, rev. = SNG 2472
6 6     Mu Castelin 159a
7 7     Lindgren I, 2623
8 8     ✸ M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 989 (Righetti)