RPC IX, 1488

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1488
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Issue Year ΘΞϹ = 269
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑ ϹΕ
Edition Ἑρεννίαν Ἐτρουσκίλλα(ν) Σε(βαστήν)
Translation for Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right, on crescent
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΙΕΡΟΥ ΟΛΥΜ ΘΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζάρβ(ου) μητροπ(όλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) ἱεροῦ Ὀλυμ(πικοῦ) θξσʹ
Translation of Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of the sacred Olympic year 269
Reverse design nude Dionysus (youthful) seated left, head right, on panther lying, right, holding thyrsus, right hand on head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 15.00 g
Axis 6, 7, 9
Reference Ziegler, Anazarbos, 763–5
Specimens 14 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–14: same obv. die as 1484/1–4, 1485/1–29, 1487/1–8, 1489/1, 1490/1.
Note For die links, see Ziegler, Anazarbos, pp. 337-9
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 243 SNG 2121
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     V: GR 19081
4 4     Washington
5 5     Washington
6 6     Winterthur: 4557
7 7     CNA MBS 21, 26 June 1992, lot 469
8 8     Falghera 2414
9 9     M&M Basel, list 371, 1975, lot 35
10 10     MünzZentrum 70, 5 Dec. 1990, lot 403
11 11     Tahberer 442
12 12     Tahberer 443
13 13     Waddell 1, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 462 = Wadell, list 17, 1985, lot 97 = Waddell, list 21, 1985, lot 185
14 14     Ziegler, Anazarbos, 763.5