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IX, 727
Image of specimen #2
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/727
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Volume
IX
Number
727
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
ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Μ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative
Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription
ƐΠ ΑΥΡ ΑΦΦΙΑΝΟΥ (sic) Β Α
ΡΧ
Α ΤΟ Β Κ ϹΤΕΦΑΝΗ, ΜΑΙΟΝΩΝ
Reverse design
nude Dionysus seated in biga drawn by panthers, l., holding cantharus and thyrsus; behind panthers, maenad dancing, facing, head, r., holding vine tree
Metal
Æ
Average diameter
35 mm
Axis
6
Reference
BMC 53
Specimens
7 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links
1–7: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 714/1 (Philadelphia), 715/1 (Philadelphia), 716/1–3 (Philadelphia), 722/1–4 (Philadelphia).
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
L: 1900,0404.45
BMC 53, pl. XIV.10, rev. = Kraft p. 132, no. 121a
34
17.56
6
cast
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2
2
✸
P: 611
35
17.50
6
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3
3
B: Löbb.
Kraft p. 132, no. 121a, pl. 23
36
19.99
6
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4
4
Boston: 62.556
36.5
20.05
6
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5
5
Winterthur: 3821
35
21.40
6
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6
6
CGT coll.
36
18.13
6
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7
7
Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 665
35
20.41
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