RPC IX, 586

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 586
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 half nude Homer seated right, holding an open scroll
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 10.07 g
Axis 6
Reference SNG vA 2023
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 585/1–4, 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     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1709 SNG vA 2023 = Kraft p. 133, no. 127b