RPC IX, 568

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 568
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Aeolis
City Aegae
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Marcus Aurelius Paulus (strategos)
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 ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΤΙΤΝΑΙΟϹ ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ στρατηγοῦ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Παύλου Τιτναίος Αἰγαέων ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Παύλου Τιτναίος Αἰγαέων
Translation under strategos Marcus Aurelius Paulus, Titnaios, of the Aegaeans
Reverse design river god (Titnaios) reclining left, right arm over head, holding cornucopia and resting on overturned vase from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 29.41 g
Axis 12
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 566/1, 567/1, 569/1–7.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 41
2 2     Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 Apr. 2021, lot 350