RPC IX, 149

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 149
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙ ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕΝ ΜΕϹΙ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΟΝ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ
Edition Καί(σαρα) Κύϊν(τον) Ἑρέν(νιον) Μέσσ(ιον) Ἐτρούσκιλλον Δέκιον
Translation for Caesar Quintus Herennius Messius Etruscillus Decius
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΚΟΛ ΜΗΤ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟϹ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη κολ(ωνία) μητ(ρόπολις) δʹ νεωκόρος
Translation Thessalonica, colony, metropolis, neocorate four time
Reverse design male figure, wearing short chiton, standing left, holding a agonistic crown, each containing a palm, in each hand; below, two others agonistic crown, each containing a palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 9.52 g
Axis 12
Reference Touratsoglou 8
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 148/1, 150/1–6.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1958,0304.112
2 2     P: 1499