RPC IX, 907

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 907
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Hadrianus II
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡΑΙ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟ ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟY B, ϹΕΒ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
Note The reading of the name of the magistrate was given by C. Clay (in litt., 2016).
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Afyon: 1756
2 2     ✸ CNG 35, 20 Sept. 1995, lot 1102 = Lindgren III, 591
3 3     Behnen coll.