RPC IX, 1474

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1474
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Anazarbus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΞϹ = 268
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙΝ ΕΡΕ ΕΤΡ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΚΙΟϹ (sic) ΚΑΙϹΑ
Edition Κύϊν(τος) Ἑρε(ννίος) Ἐτρ(οῦσκος) Μέσ(σιος) Δέκκιος Καῖσα(ρ)
Translation Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Caesar
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΑΖ ΕΝΔ ΜΗΤΡ, Γ Γ, ΕΤ ΗΞϹ
Edition Ἀναζ(άρβου) ἐνδ(όξου) μητρ(οπόλεως) γʹ γʹ ἔτ(ους) ηξσʹ
Translation of glorious Anazarbus, metropolis, (of) 3 (eparchies), thrice (neocorate), of year 268
Reverse design Nike driving biga of horses, left, holding reins and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 13.46 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same rev. die as 1473/1–8.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Rohde coll.
2 2     Tahberer 446