RPC IX, 1050

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1050
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 Sarapis seated left, holding sceptre, extending arm over Cerberus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 15.43 g
Axis 12
Reference KM p. 322, no. 49
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 1049/1–3, 1051/1–4. 1–4: same rev. die as RPC VIII 2098/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B KM p. 322, no. 49
2 2     CGT coll. = ex Rohde coll.
3 3     T. Vossen, Vcoins, lot 283775
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. = Saint Paul 14, 17 Dec. 2017, lot 456
5 5     Trade (2024)