RPC IX, 714

 

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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 Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, (grandson?) of Gaius (first archon for the second time)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Μ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΠΩΛ Β ΓΑΙ ΑΡΧ Α, ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείνου Πωλ(λιανοῦ) βʹ Γαΐ(ου) ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ Φλ(αβίων) Φιλαδελφέων νεωκόρων
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, of Gaius, first archon, of the Flavian Philadelphians, neocorate
Reverse design two agonistic crowns and two palms on table; below, vase
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 18.29 g
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).
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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