RPC IX, 2081

 

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Coin type
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)

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