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IX, 725
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/725
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Volume
IX
Number
725
Province
Asia
Subprovince
Conventus of Sardis
Region
Lydia
City
Maeonia
Reign
Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)
Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate
Aurelius Apphianos II, also known as the Athenian (first archon for the second time and stephanephoros)
Obverse inscription
Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative
Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus
Obverse design
laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription
ƐΠ ΑΥΡ ΑΠΦΙΑΝΟΥ Β ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β Κ ϹΤƐΦΑΝΗ, ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ, Φ
Reverse design
nude Dionysus seated in biga drawn by panthers, l., holding cantharus and thyrsus; behind panthers, maenad dancing, facing, head, r., holding a tympanum in each hand
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
39 mm
Axis
7
Specimens
3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links
1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 726/1–3.
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
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L: 1895,0606.60
37
20.60
7
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2
2
NY: 1944.100.49284
41
22.83
7
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3
3
CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 890
38
24.73
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