RPC IX, 1027

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1027
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Selge
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ ΕΥϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρα) Κ(αίσαρα) Γ(άϊον) Μέ(σσιον) Κύ(ϊντον) Τρα(ϊανὸν) Δέκιον Εὐσ(εβῆ)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΓΕΩΝ
Edition Σελγέων
Translation of the Selgeans
Reverse design sanctuary of Zeus and Heracles: two sacred trees in enclosures between thunderbolt (on left) and club (on right); below, wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 6.74 g
Axis 1, 11
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1026/1–8. 1, 3–4: same rev. die as RPC VIII 1963/1, 3, RPC VIII 1965/2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 45/1880
2 2     B: 464/1883
3 3     ✸ C: Mossop
4 4     MünzZentrum 101, 15 Dec. 1999, lot 149