RPC IX, 572

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 572
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 ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΑΥΡ ΑΡΤΕΜΑ ΜΕΝΕΜ ΛΑΙΑΝΟΥ ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ ϹΥΠΥΛ
Edition ἐπὶ στρ(ατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀρτέμα Μενεμ(άχου) Λαϊανοῦ Μαγνήτων Συπυλίων()
Translation under strategos Aurelius Artemas, son of Menemachos, grandson of Laianos, of the Magnesians of Sipylus
Reverse design Decius on horseback riding, right, with right hand spearing two fallen enemies on the ground
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 38 mm
Average weight 21.42 g
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 713
2 2     B: Löbb. Kraft p. 146, no. 77, pl. 39