Herennia Etruscilla. ; Herennia Etruscilla; Aegeae, Cilicia, AE 25.5-26.5, 8.10g. RPC-1451 (4 spec.), pl. 100 (same rev. die). Obv: E? KY?PE ET? - ?V?????? (sic) ?E Bust draped r. on crescent, wearing stephane. Rx: ?I - G - E?I - ?? NE around, NAVAPXIC in exergue, Galley r. with full sail, rowers, and oars, at stern four standards. Acquired from Nilus Coins, 11 June 2010. Very rare: only four specimens listed by RPC-1451, all sharing the same pair of dies. Our specimen is from that same reverse die, but a different obverse die, otherwise attested in combination with the reverse type Goat reclining within circle of Zodiac, RPC-1452, pl. 100. For the curious spelling of Etruscilla's name at Aegeae with T rather than T as the second letter, see RPC, p. 10.
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