RPC IX, 838

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 838
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 ΑΡΧ, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Φ
Reverse design helmeted Ares standing left, holding spear and Nike
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Leypold 1689
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 839/1–2, 840/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.130
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 206, 11 Mar. 2009, lot 270
3 3     V-ON Leypold 1689