RPC IX, 714

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 714
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Philadelphia
Region Lydia
City Philadelphia
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aur Ruphinos B Pôllianos Gaiou (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Μ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ƐΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦƐΙΝΟΥ ΠΩΛ Β ΓΑΙ ΑΡΧ Α, ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐΩΝ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design two agonistic crowns and two palms on table; below, vase
Metal Æ
Average diameter 36 mm
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 715/1, 716/1–3, 722/1–4, 727/1–7 (Maeonia).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 827 = Bankhaus Aufhäuser 4, 7–8 Oct. 1987, lot 427