RPC IX, 725

 

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Coin type
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 called Athenaios (first archon for the second time and stephanephoros)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Δέκιος Τραϊανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass
Reverse inscription ΕΠ ΑΥΡ ΑΠΦΙΑΝΟΥ Β ΑΡΧ Α ΤΟ Β Κ ϹΤΕΦΑΝΗΦ, ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀπφιανοῦ βʹ ἄρχ(οντος) αʹ τὸ βʹ κ(αὶ) στεφανηφ(όρου) Μαϊονῶν
Translation under Aurelius Apphianos II, first archon for the second time and stephanephoros, of the Maeonians
Reverse design nude Dionysus seated in biga drawn by panthers, left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; behind panthers, maenad dancing, facing, head, right, holding a tympanum in each hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 22.72 g
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.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1895,0606.60
2 2     NY: 1944.100.49284
3 3     CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 890