RPC IX, 540

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 540
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Cominius Flavius Glykon (strategos and theologos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Μέσσιος Κύϊντος Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύϊν(τος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΚΟΜ Φ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Κομινίου Φλαβίου Γλύκωνος Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Κομ(ινίου) Φ(λαβίου) Γλύκωνος Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκόρων
Translation under strategos Cominius Flavius Glykon, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design Decius, in military dress, standing right, holding spear and patera over lighted altar, facing Dionysus standing left, raising right arm, and holding thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 38.72 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 343
Specimens 6 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1615 SNG vA 1419
2 2     L: BNK,G.467 BMC 343
3 3     P: 1420 SNG 2283
4 4     B: 18266280, 1862/28424
5 5     C: 271-1948
6 6     Mu