RPC IX, 1444

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1444
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΙΤ = 318
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΚΥΙ ΕΡΕ ΑΙΤΡ ΜΕϹ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ ΕΠΙΦ ΚΕϹΑΡ
Edition Κύϊ(ντον) Ἑρέ(ννιον) Αἰτρ(ούσκον) Μέσ(σιον) Δέκιον ἐπιφ(ανέστατον) Κέσαρ(α)
Translation for Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius, most illustrious Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙ ΔΕΚΙΑΝωΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤωΝ, Ε ΗΙΤ
Edition Ἁδρι(ανῶν) Δεκιανῶν Μοψεατῶν ἔ(τους) ηιτʹ
Translation of the Hadrianic Decian Mopsians, of year 318
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising arm, holding sceptre, and Isis standing left, holding sistrum and cornucopia; at right, crab
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.19 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1443/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 342, 14 Jan. 2015, lot 448 = Levante coll. = CNG 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1273 = J. Nollé, H. Zeller, ‘Von Anazarbos nach Mopsuhestia’, JNG 45 (1995), p. 47, Abb. 3
2 2     CGT coll.