RPC IX, 773

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 773
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Antioch ad Maeandrum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙϹ (sic)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τραϊανὸς Δέκι<ο>ς
Translation Emperor Caesar Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀντιοχέων
Translation of the Antiochians
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 4.85 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 53
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 774/1, 775/1–3.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1885,0606.192 BMC 53
2 2     ✸ O
3 3     CGT coll.
4 4     CGT coll.