URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2093
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Volume
IX
Number
2093
Province
Syria Palaestina
Region
Samaria
City
Caesarea Maritima
Reign
Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)
Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Obverse inscription
MES Q EREN ETRVSCO DECIO CAES
Edition
Mes(sio) Q(uinto) <H>eren(nio) Etrusco Decio Caes(ari)
Translation
to Messius Quintus Herennius Etruscus Decius, Caesar
Obverse design
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription
COL P F AVG F C CAES METROP
Edition
col(onia) P(rima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metrop(olis)
Translation
the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis
Reverse design
Fortuna standing left, holding human bust and long sceptre; below, on each side, two figures (Tychai?) standing facing each other; between them, two bulls and altar
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
25 mm
Average weight
12.93 g
Axis
6, 12
Reference
Kadman II 176
Specimens
5 (0 in the core collections)