RPC IX, 400

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 400
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Troas
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C M Q TRAIANV DECIVS
Edition Imperator Caius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Imp(erator) C(aius) M(essius) Q(uintus) Traianu(s) Decius
Translation Emperor Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVG TROAD
Edition coloniae Augustae Troadis col(oniae) Aug(ustae) Troad(is)
Translation of the Augustan colony of the Troad
Reverse design Apollo Smintheus standing right, with quiver on shoulder, holding patera and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.59 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Bellinger A395
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 401/1–3. 1–2: same rev. die as 403/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 399 Bellinger A395, pl. 22
2 2     B: 18310939, 1822 Knobelsdorff
3 3     A: 5160α A 395
4 4     Lindgren I, A338A
5 5     CGT coll.