RPC IX, 841

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 841
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Metropolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Augustus)
Magistrate Alexandros, son of Tieios (first archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ Μ Κ ΕΡ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑ ΑΛΕ ΤΙΕΙΟΥ ΠΡ ΑΡΧ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟ-ΛΕΙΤΩΝ ΦΡΥ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing facing, wearing kalathos, with supports
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6
Reference BMC 5
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 842/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1895,1002.38 BMC 5
2 2     Mu SNG 414
3 3     NY: 1944.100.50535
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 191, 11 Oct. 2010, lot 1820
5 5     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 955
6 6     Müller 46, 22 June 1984, lot 476
7 7     Savoca EA 28 Silver, 16 Dec. 2018, lot 215
8 8     CGT coll. = Naumann 99, 7 Feb. 2021, lot 493
9 9     H.I. coll. = Savoca 108 silver, 31 July 2021, lot 293