RPC IX, 715

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 715
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 ΠΩΛΛ Β ΓΑΙΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ[Ο?] Β, ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔƐΛΦƐΩΝ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Helios (?), radiate, standing facing, holding thunderbolt and double-thyrsus
Metal Æ
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference SNG vA 3085
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 714/1, 716/1–3, 722/1–4, 727/1–7 (Maeonia).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ SNG vA 3085 = Auctiones AG 5, 2 Dec. 1975, lot 150 = Kraft pl. 132, no. 121b