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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/722 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IX |
Number | 722 |
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) |
Alliance with | Ephesus |
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 | ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΡΟΥΦΕΙΝΟΥ ΑΡΧ, ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ ΝΕΩΚ ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ |
Edition | ἐπ(ὶ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ῥουφείνου ἄρχ(οντος) ὁμόνοια Φιλαδελφέων νεωκ(όρων) Ἐφεσίων |
Translation | under Aurelius Rufinus, archon, concord of the Philadelphians, neocorate, and the Ephesians |
Reverse design | temple on podium, seen from three-quarters, with four columns on the side; in front, Iphigeneia standing right, holding small statue of Artemis of Ephesus; at right, Orestes and Pylades standing left |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 37 mm |
Average weight | 20.75 g |
Axis | 6 |
Reference | Franke & Nollé 1729–31 |
Specimens | 4 (1 in the core collections) |
Die-links | 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 714/1, 715/1, 716/1–3, 727/1–7 (Maeonia). |
Note | On the reverse image, see B. Burrell, 'Iphigeneia in Philadelphia', Classical Antiquity 24.2 (2005), pp. 223–6. |