RPC IX, 400


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/400 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
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	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	col(oniae) Aug(ustae) Troad(os)
Translation	of the colony Augusta Troas
Reverse design	Apollo Smintheus standing right, with quiver on shoulder, holding patera and bow
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	3.60 g
Axis	5, 6, 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.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	More
1	1 ✸	P: 399	Bellinger A395, pl. 22	18	3.17	5	Show
2	2	B: Knobelsdorf		17	3.21	12	Show
3	3	A: 5160α A 395		18	3.47	6	Show
4	4		Lindgren I, A338A	18	4.74		Show
5	5		CGT coll.	17	3.39	12	Show