RPC IX, 1054

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1054
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pamphylia
City Aspendus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Γ ΜΕϹϹ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσσ(ιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Σ(εβαστός)
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 Zeus steated left, holding Nike and a sceptre facing Hera seated right, holding a patera and a sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.01 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference SNG France 198
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1053/1, 1055/1–2, 1056/1–2, 4. 1–2: same rev. die as 1058/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 144 Wa 3253 = SNG 198
2 2     Jarman coll.