RPC IX, 586

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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 ΔƐΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΑΛƐΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Reverse design half nude Homer seated r., holding an open scroll
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
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).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1709 SNG vA 2023 = Kraft p. 133, no. 127b