RPC IX, 570

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 570
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 ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Παύλου Αἰγαέων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Paulus, of the Aegaeans
Reverse design temple with six columns enclosing Apollo standing facing, holding lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 12.29 g
Axis 6, 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 33884 J. Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908 (Weber), lot 2627
2 2     Lanz 30, 26 Nov. 1984, lot 773 = Lanz 50, 27 Nov. 1989, lot 768
3 3     R. Becker coll.