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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3133742, member: 57495"]The obverse die used to strike the two coins below was reworked to correct the spelling of the empress's name.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before, with the incorrect <i>ANNIAN</i> :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]799839[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA </b></p><p>AE29. 13.29g, 29.4mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, AD 249-251. RPC 1368 (18 spec). O: ΑΝΝΙΑΝ (<i>sic</i>) ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹƐ, draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders. R: Τ - ΑΡϹΟV ΜΗ – ΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ around, Α /Μ / Κ - Γ / Β in field, Cult statue of Apollo Lykeios standing left on omphalos, head right, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand. </p><p><br /></p><p>After, corrected to <i>ЄPЄNNIAN </i>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]799840[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA </b></p><p>AE30. 11.15g, 29.8mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, AD 249-251. RPC 1371. O: EPEΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹƐ, draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders. R: ΤΑΡϹΟV - ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ around, Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Β in field, Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3133742, member: 57495"]The obverse die used to strike the two coins below was reworked to correct the spelling of the empress's name. Before, with the incorrect [I]ANNIAN[/I] : [ATTACH=full]799839[/ATTACH] [B]HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA [/B] AE29. 13.29g, 29.4mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, AD 249-251. RPC 1368 (18 spec). O: ΑΝΝΙΑΝ ([I]sic[/I]) ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹƐ, draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders. R: Τ - ΑΡϹΟV ΜΗ – ΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ around, Α /Μ / Κ - Γ / Β in field, Cult statue of Apollo Lykeios standing left on omphalos, head right, holding wolf by forelegs in each hand. After, corrected to [I]ЄPЄNNIAN [/I]: [ATTACH=full]799840[/ATTACH] [B]HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA [/B] AE30. 11.15g, 29.8mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, AD 249-251. RPC 1371. O: EPEΝΝΙΑΝ ΑΙΤΡΟΥϹΚΙΛΛΑΝ ϹƐ, draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders. R: ΤΑΡϹΟV - ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛƐΩϹ around, Α / Μ / Κ - Γ / Β in field, Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus.[/QUOTE]
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