RPC IX, 1303

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1303
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Selinus-Traianopolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΜΕϹ ΚΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Μέσ(σιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟ ϹΕΛΙΝΟΥ ΤΗϹ ΙΕΡΑϹ
Edition Τραιανο(πολειτῶν) Σελίνου τῆς ἱερᾶς
Translation of the Traianopolitans of Selinus the Sacred
Reverse design Apollo (Sidetes) standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at feet, right, raven
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 7.45 g
Axis 6
Reference Levante, Selinus, 78
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 1304/1, 1305/1–5. 1: same rev. die as 1306/1–5.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CNG EA 250, 23 Feb. 2011, lot 234