RPC IX, 661

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 661
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 ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding small statue of Artemis Anaïtis and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6
Reference Cop 201
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 643/1–9, 659/1–2, 4–5, 660/1–7. 1–4: same rev. die as 662/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 201
2 2     V: GR 35392
3 3     Hirsch 234, 5 May 2004, lot 882
4 4     ✸ CGT coll. = Savoca 123 Blue, 15 Jan. 2022, lot 624