RPC IX, 779

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 779
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Aphrodisias
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Stratonikos (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΓΑ ΜΕ Κ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Γά(ϊος) Μέ(σσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΟΥ, ΑΦΡΟΔΕΙϹΙΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ ἄρχ(οντος) Στρατονίκου Ἀφροδεισιέων
Translation under the archon Stratonikos, of the Aphrodisians
Reverse design Decius riding in quadriga of horses, right, raising right arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 17.39 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference MacDonald 200
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 777/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1882,0605.28 BMC 131 = Kraft p. 158, no. 37, pl. 37 = Aphrodisias 200 = MacDonald O245/R449a
2 2     L: 1970,0909.94 Aphrodisias 200 = MacDonald O245/R449b
3 3     ✸ Jacquier 37, 7 Sept. 2012, lot 419