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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2081 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IX |
Number | 2081 |
Province | Syria Palaestina |
Region | Samaria |
City | Caesarea Maritima |
Reign | Trajan Decius |
Person (obv.) | Herennius Etruscus (Caesar) |
Obverse inscription | C MES Q EREN ETRVSCO DECIO CAES |
Edition | C(aio) Mes(sio) Q(uinto) <H>eren(nio) Etrusco Decio Caes(ari) |
Translation | to Gaius Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius Caesar |
Obverse design | radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front |
Reverse inscription | COL PR F AVG F C CAES MET S P |
Edition | Col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) met(ropolis) S(yriae) P(alaestinae) |
Translation | the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix Concordia, Caesarea, metropolis of Syria Palaestina |
Reverse design | altar with horns; behind it, two trees, a date palm on left and a olive tree on right |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 27 mm |
Average weight | 16.95 g |
Axis | 2, 6, 12 |
Reference | BMC 182, Kadman II 183 |
Specimens | 16 (3 in the core collections) |