Coin of Herennia Etruscilla from Bostra (BOS0106)
Dublin Core
Title
Coin of Herennia Etruscilla from Bostra (BOS0106)
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.2217
Date
Rights
Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford), via Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/)
Format
Bronze
Language
Identifier
BOS0106
Numismatics Item Type Metadata
Metal
Bronze
Weight (g)
8.63-10.35g
Diameter (mm)
20-22mm
Province
Arabia
Obverse Type
Draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla, wearing a diadem and facing right
Reverse Type
Tyche standing facing front, draped, wearing a turreted, and holding a scepter surmounted by a trophy and cornucopia. Her left foot is placed on a small crouching figure. At right is Marsyas standing facing left, holding a wineskin over his shoulder.
Obverse Legends
ERENNIA ETRUSCILLA AUG (Herennia Etruscilla Augusta)
Reverse Legends
COL METROPOL BOSTRON (Colonia Metropolis of the Bostrenes)
Type Notes
This obverse type is similar to (or the same as) BOS0104 and BOS0105.
Name 1
Role 1
Notes
BOSTRON appears to be a transliteration of the Greek ΒΟCTPWN (of Bostra) that is included on some reverse issues from the city (e.g. Meshorer et al. 2013:150, no.24). Coins of Herennius Etruscus and Hostilianus include the title COL METR BOSTRENORVM (Colonia Metropolis of the Bostrenes), making BOSTRON an unlikely transliteration of the Greek BOSTPHNWN (of the Bostrenes) which appears on the reverse of coins in the second and early third centuries (e.g. Spijkerman 1978:74-75, no.24).
The design featuring Tyche and Marsyas also appears on coins of Decius (RPC Online IX no.2215) and of Herennia Etruscilla and her son Hostilianus (Spijkerman 1978:88-89, no.71; RPC Online IX no.2219).
The design featuring Tyche and Marsyas also appears on coins of Decius (RPC Online IX no.2215) and of Herennia Etruscilla and her son Hostilianus (Spijkerman 1978:88-89, no.71; RPC Online IX no.2219).
Selected Bibliography
Roman Provincial Coinage Online (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/); [http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2217/]
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.86-87, no.68)
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.
Spijkerman, A. 1978. The Coins of the Decapolis and Provincia Arabia. Jerusalem: Franciscan Press. (pp.86-87, no.68)
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.
Citation
“Coin of Herennia Etruscilla from Bostra (BOS0106),” WIRE: Women in the Roman East Project, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wireproject.org/items/show/43.