RPC IX, 544

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 544
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, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩ Γ ΝΕΩ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Κομ(ινίου) Φ(λαβίου) Γλυκῶνος Περγαμηνῶν πρῶ γʹ νεω(κόρων)
Translation under strategos Cominius Flavius Glykon, of the Pergamenes, first thrice neocorate
Reverse design at left, Asclepius, standing facing, holding serpent staff; at right, nude Hermes, standing left, holding purse and caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 19.06 g
Axis 12
Reference Lindgren I, 311
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 539/1, 542/1–5, 543/1–3, 545A/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1897,0104.69
2 2     Lindgren I, 311