RPC IX, 571

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 571
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Lydia
City Magnesia ad Sipylum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Artemas, son of Menemachos, grandson of Laianos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ [Κ Γ Μ Κ Τ]ΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΡΤΕΜΑ ΜΕΝΕΜ ΛΑ[ΙΑΝΟΥ] ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ [ϹΥΠΥΛ]
Reverse design Cybele seated left, holding patera and resting on tympanum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note See also Scholz, NZ 1910, p. 24, no. 130, 28.00 (not illustrated), for a possible second specimen
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 714