RPC IX, 650

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 650
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Flavius Ermolaos Nikonianos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ ΝΕΙΚΩΝΙ, ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 585/1–4 (Colophon), 586/1 (Colophon), 594/1 (Colophon), 648/1–3, 649/1–4, 651/1–2, 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     ✸ P: 525B
2 2     C: Mossop