RPC IX, 577

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 577
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Teos
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Artemidoros (strategos)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Μέσσιος Κύϊντος Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) 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 ϹΤ ΑΥΡ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΗΙΩΝ
Edition στρατηγοῦ Αὐρηλίου Ἀρτεμιδώρου Τηΐων στ(ρατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀρτεμιδώρου Τηΐων
Translation of strategos Aurelius Artemidoros, of the Teians
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 20.50 g
Axis 8, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2930A Wa 1994 = Kraft p. 116, no. 46
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 703 (Righetti) = Schulten, 18 Oct. 1989, lot 893
4 4     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 126 ('Nysa' = GRPCL Nysa 241)