RPC IX, 224

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 224
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Apamea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C MCΓ Q TRAIAN DECCIVS P K Λ (sic)
Nominative Imperator Caesar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL CONC AVG APAM, D D
Reverse design Bacchus standing left, holding cantharus over panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rec 102
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 244 Wa 230 = Rec pl. XL.13
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Mu
4 4     O
5 5     SNG vA 6922