RPC IX, 840

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 840
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Metropolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennia Etruscilla (Augusta)
Magistrate Alexandros, son of Tieios (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΝΙΑΝ ΕΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ Ϲ
Nominative Herennia Etruscilla Augusta
Obverse design diademed and draped bust of Etruscilla, right
Reverse inscription ΠΑΡ ΑΛΕΞ ΤΙΕΙΟΥ ΠΡΩ ΑΡ(Χ), ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ Φ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference SNG vA 3885
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 838/1–3, 839/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2283 SNG vA 3885
2 2     P: 1726D Wa 6336
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     ✸ Gorny 96, 7 June 1999, lot 363 = Leu EA 24, 3 Dec. 2022, lot 2051
5 5     V-ON Leypold 1690