RPC IX, 715

 

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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 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 ΠΩΛΛ Β ΓΑΙΟΥ ΑΡΧ Α Τ[Ο?] Β, ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείνου Πωλλ(ιανοῦ) βʹ Γαΐου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Φλ(αβίων) Φιλαδελφέων νεωκόρων
Translation under Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, of Gaius, first archon for the second time, of the Flavian Philadelphians, neocorate
Reverse design Helios (?), radiate, standing facing, holding thunderbolt and double-thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 16.13 g
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).
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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