RPC IX, 1056

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1056
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 Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.92 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–2, 4: same obv. die as 1053/1, 1054/1–2, 1055/1–2. 1–2, 4: same rev. die as RPC VIII 2117/1–4.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2001/207
2 2     ✸ C: Mossop
3 3     Hauck & Aufhäuser 16, 16 Oct. 2001, lot 430
4 4     Aphrodite Art Coins 11, 3 June 2023, lot 692