RPC IX, 542

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 542
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 ΚΥΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύϊ(ντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ ΚΟΜ Φ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ, ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Κομ(ινίου) Φ(λαβίου) Γλύκωνος θεολόγου Περγαμηνῶν πρώτων γʹ νεωκό(ρων)
Translation under strategos Cominius Flavius Glykon, theologos, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design Asclepius, standing facing, holding serpent staff, and Hermes standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 19.06 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG vA 1420
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 539/1, 543/1–3, 544/1–2, 545A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1970,0101.1616 SNG vA 1420
2 2     NY: 1971.230.22
3 3     Tübingen SNG 2490
4 4     CGT coll. = Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 261
5 5     H.I. coll. = Papillon Numismatic 8, 19 Sept. 2021, lot 300