RPC IX, 569

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 569
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 Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύϊν(τος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Ϲ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Παύλου Αἰγαέων
Translation under the strategos Marcus Aurelius Paulus, of the Aegaeans
Reverse design Zeus standing left, holding eagle and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 37.82 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 30
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 566/1, 567/1, 568/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1893,0604.47 BMC 30, pl. XVIII.11, rev.
2 2     L: 1979,0101.1670 SNG vA 1601 = Kraft p. 151, no. 59
3 3     P: 42
4 4     ✸ P: 43
5 5     Boston: 64.1294
6 6     Bankhaus Aufhäuser 9, 7–9 Oct. 1992, lot 518
7 7     Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 844