Coin of Herennia Etruscilla from Bostra (BOS105)
Dublin Core
Title
Coin of Herennia Etruscilla from Bostra (BOS105)
Description
Civic bronze coin from Bostra (249-251 CE), depicting on the obverse Herennia Etruscilla, wife of the emperor Decius, and mother of the emperors Hostilian and Herennius Etruscus
Source
Publisher
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IX no.2218
Date
Rights
Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), via Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
BOS0105
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
3.91-11.54g
Diameter (mm)
19-24mm
Province
Arabia
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Etruscilla, wearing a diadem and facing right
Reverse Type
Zeus-Ammon standing facing left, nude, wearing a ram's horn and disk headdress, a cuirass and mantle, and holding a spear with a trophy above. A ram stands at his left.
Obverse Legends
ERENNIA ETRUSCILLA AUG (Herennia Etruscilla Augusta)
Reverse Legends
COL METROPOL BOSTRON (Colonia Metropolis Bostra)
Type Notes
Obverse type is similar (or the same) as BOS0104 ad BOS0106.
Name 1
Role 1
Selected Bibliography
Roman Provincial Coinage Online IX no.2218 [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2218/]
American Numismatic Society 1944.100.69312
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pg.152, no.57)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.86-87, no.67)
American Numismatic Society 1944.100.69312
Meshorer, Y., G. Bijovsky, and W.Fischer-Bossert. 2013. Coins of the Holy Land: The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum (Volume 1), New York: The American Numismatic Society. (pg.152, no.57)
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.86-87, no.67)
Citation
“Coin of Herennia Etruscilla from Bostra (BOS105),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/42.