RPC IX, 1536

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1536
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Flaviopolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΖΟΡ = 177
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(ύϊντος) Τρ(αϊανὸς) Δέκιος Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΛΑΟΥΙΟΠΟΛΕ ΕΤ ΖΟΡ
Edition Φλαουιοπολε(ιτῶν) ἔτ(ους) ζορʹ
Translation of the Flaviopolitans, of year 177
Reverse design two fish, the left one up, the right one down
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.12 g
Reference Levante 1555
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Hirsch 236, 23 Sept. 2004, lot 2562
2 2     SNG Levante 1555
3 3     Lindgren I, 114 (as Creteia-Flaviopolis)
4 4     ✸ Zeus Budget Auction 9, 20 June 2020, lot 525