RPC IX, 1569

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1569
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 temple (without roof) seen in perspective enclosing eagle with closed wings; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming between two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.52 g
Axis 11
Reference Castelin 165
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1905,1006.23 BMC 40, pl. XVIII.17 = Castelin 165
2 2     Elsen 118, 14 Sept. 2013, lot 411