RPC IX, 818

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 818
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Stratonikianos (panegyriarch)
Alliance with Ephesus
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΕΥϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΠΑΡ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΙΑΝΟΥ
Reverse design cult statue of Artemis of Ephesus standing facing, wearing kalathos, crescent at shoulders, with supports, and Zeus seated left, holding patera and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference Franke & Nollé 54
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Schulten, 1 Apr. 1987, lot 1034 = Franke & Nollé 54, pl. 6