RPC IX, 1004

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1004
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Pednelissus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΓΑ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ ΕΥ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρα) Κ(αίσαρα) Γά(ϊον) Μέ(σσιον) Κύ(ϊντον) Τρα(ϊανὸν) Δέκιον Εὐ(σεβῆ)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΕΤΝΗΛΙϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Πετνηλισσέων
Translation of the Pednelissians
Reverse design Dioscuri standings facing each other, clasping hands, each wearing pileus surmounted by star and holding spear; between them above, crescent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 5.04 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference vA Pisidien I, 1237–8
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1005/1, 3–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 506 Wa 3784 (‘Caracalla’) = vA Pisidien I, 1238 = SNG 1691
2 2     ex Baldwin = vA Pisidien I, 1237, pl. 30, rev.
3 3     V-ON Leypold 2089