RPC IX, 594

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 594
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Attikos
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 ΠΟ ΑΙΛ ΑΤΤΙΚΟΥ ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Πο(πλίου) Αἰλ(ίου) Ἀττικοῦ Κολοφωνίων
Translation under Publius Aelius Attikos of the Colophonians
Reverse design Apollo (Klarios) seated left, holding branch and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 7.93 g
Axis 12
Reference Milne 246
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 585/1–4, 586/1, 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     ✸ Mu SNG 568 = Kraft p. 133, no. 127b