RPC IX, 1863

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1863
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Paltus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Year ΗΦ = 508
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΕΡΕΝΙ ΕΤΡΟΥ ΜΕϹ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΚΕϹΑ
Edition Ἑρένν(ιος) Ἐτρού(σκος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Δέκιος Κέσα(ρ)
Translation Herennius Etruscus Messius Quintus Decius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Etruscus, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑΛΤΗΝΩΝ, ΗΦ
Edition Παλτηνῶν ηφʹ
Translation of the Paltans, 508
Reverse design Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.01 g
Axis 6
Reference Meyer-Zwiffelhoffer 34
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 18260692, I-B
2 2     Beirut-AUB: 691
3 3     Lindgren I, 2114 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 2585