RPC IX, 777

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 777
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΓΑ ΜΕ Κ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ, ΓΟΡΔΙΑ/ΝΗ /[ΑΤΤΑΛ]/ΗΑ Κ/ΑΠΕ/ΤΩΛ[ΙΑ]
Reverse design two nude athletes standing around large agonistic crown; behind, two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 6
Reference MacDonald 203
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 779/1–3.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ MacDonald coll. = MacDonald O245/R452