RPC IX, 1442

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1442
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΙΤ = 317
Dating AD 249/50
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΚΥΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Κύϊ(ντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Σεβα(στός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΑΝωΝ ΜΟΨΕΑΤωΝ ΕΤ, ΖΙΤ
Edition Ἁδριαν(ῶν) Δεκιανῶν Μοψεατῶν ἔτ(ους) ζιτʹ
Translation of the Hadrianic Decian Mopsians, of year 317
Reverse design river god (Pyramos) facing, swimming left, crownded by Nike standing left, on globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.34 g
Axis 5, 6, 11
Reference vA Mopsos 77
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1966/453, Delepierre SNG 1995
2 2     ✸ V: GR 28747 vA Mopsos pl. 5.58
3 3     Rohde coll.
4 4     CGT coll.