RPC IX, 716

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 716
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 Ϲ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΠΩΛΛ Β ΓΑΟΥ Α-ΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β, ΦΛ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ σ(τρατηγοῦ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφεῖνου Πωλλ(ιανοῦ) βʹ Γα<ΐ>ου ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ Φλ(αβίων) Φιλαδελφέων νεωκόρων
Translation under the strategos Aurelius Rufinus Pollianus II, of Gaius, first archon for the second time, of the Flavian Philadelphians, neocorate
Reverse design Heracles standing right, holding club; at feet, lion lying left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 15.24 g
Axis 6
Reference KM p. 182, no. 10
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 714/1, 715/1, 722/1–4, 727/1–7 (Maeonia).
Note The engraving of the reverse is poor but, following IB, the male figure is probably Heracles as the earlier reverses of Philadelphia suggest. But see KM, p. 182 (may be ‘Perseus’). The reverse inscription is unclear on all coins, but a complete reconsitution can be made from the 3 coins recorded
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