RPC IX, 1049

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1049
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Γ ΜΕϹϹ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσσ(ιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑϹΠΕΝΔΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀσπενδίων
Translation of the Aspendians
Reverse design Agon, radiate, standing left, holding palm and casting vote in vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 16.97 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 1050/1–4, 1051/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     ✸ Lanz 149, 24 June 2010, lot 513
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 17, 25 Apr. 2015, lot 464