RPC IX, 585

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 585
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Alexandros
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 rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀλεξάνδρου Κολοφωνίων
Translation under Aurelius Alexandros, of the Colophonians
Reverse design archaic statue (kouros) of Apollo, standing right, arms hanging at his sides
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 9.17 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Milne 247
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 586/1, 594/1, 648/1–3 (Hypaepa), 649/1–4 (Hypaepa), 650/1–2 (Hypaepa), 651/1–2 (Hypaepa), 671/1 (Samos), 672/1–6 (Samos), 673/1–7, 9–11, 13–22 (Samos), 674/1, 3–5 (Samos), 677/1–8 (Samos), 679/1–16 (Samos).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B KM p. 72, no. 17
2 2     V: GR 35305 Kraft p. 133, no. 127b
3 3     Rohde coll.
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. = Naumann 58, 1 Oct. 2017, lot 294