RPC IX, 660

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 660
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Flavius Ermolaos, son of Neikonianos (strategos)
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 ϹΤΡΑ ƐΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design scene of astragalomancy: two nude ‘children’ playing with astragali; between them, in the background, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing
Metal Æ
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 65
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 643/1–9, 659/1–2, 4–5, 661/1–4.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1839,0919.400 BMC 65
2 2     ✸ P: 529
3 3     B: Knobelsdorf
4 4     B: Löbb.
5 5     Cop SNG 202
6 6     Mu SNG 165
7 7     Winterthur: 3746