RPC IX, 1044

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1044
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Selge
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Alliance with Sparta
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΓΑ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ ΕΥ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Γά(ϊον) Μέ(σσιον) Κύ(ϊντον) Τρα(ϊανόν) Δέκιον Εὐ(σεβῆ) Σεβ(αστὸν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΛΓΕΩΝ ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ
Edition Σελγέων Λακεδαιμονίων ὁμόνοια
Translation concord of the Selgeans and Lacedaemonians
Reverse design Athena standing right, holding spear with a serpent twined around it, and Heracles standing left, holding club and lion skin; between them, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 13.63 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Franke & Nollé 1863A
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1980/250 SNG 2071
2 2     C: Mossop
3 3     V H. Gaebler, ‘Die Losurne in der Agonistik’, ZfN 39 (1929), p. 294, pl. 3.6
4 4     CGT coll. = CNG EA 351, 20 May 2015, lot 541
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 160, 9 Oct. 2007, lot 1962