RPC IX, 1305

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1305
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 ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΛΙΝΟ ΤΗϹ ΙΕΡΑ, ΘΕΟΥ ΤΡΑΙ
Edition Τραιαν(οπολειτῶν) Σελινο(υσίων) τῆς ἱερᾶ(ς) θεοῦ Τραι(ανοῦ)
Translation of the Trajanopolitan Selinusians, of the sacred city, of divine Trajan
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Trajan, shown as Zeus, holding thunderbolt and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 9.95 g
Axis 6
Reference Levante, Selinus, 76–7
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 1303/1, 1304/1. 1–5: same rev. die as 1308/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1970.142.736 Levante, Selinus pl. 22.76
2 2     Anamur: 9.72.2004 SNG 319
3 3     SNG Levante Supp. 91 = CNG EA 90, 26 May 2004, lot 275 = Lanz 46, 28 Nov. 1988, lot 634
4 4     Münzen Auktion Essen 79, 17 Mar. 2000, lot 239
5 5     ✸ R. Hoppensteadt coll.