RPC IX, 1448

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1448
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year ϚϘϹ = 296
Dating AD 249/50
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΚΥ(Ι) 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 ΑΙΓΕΑΙωΝ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙϹ, ϚϘϹ (on the sail)
Edition Αἰγεαίων ναυαρχίς ϛϙσʹ
Translation of the Aegeaeans, navarch, 296
Reverse design lighthouse with light-fire; galley, left, with seated helmsman entering harbour
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.68 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7
Reference Haymann 219
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 5–6: same pair of dies. 1–3, 5–6: same obv. die as 1449/1, 1450/1. 4: same obv. die as 1069/4 (Aspendus), 1449/2. 1–3, 5–7: same rev. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1970,0909.205
2 2     P: 115 SNG 2377
3 3     B: Löbb. KM p. 428, no. 19
4 4     ✸ Yale: ILE2013.17.401
5 5     CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 1129
6 6     SNG Levante 1784 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1068
7 7     R. Becker coll.