RPC IX, 780

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 780
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year ϜΚϹ = 226
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΜΕϹ Κ ΤΡΑΙ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΕΥϹ ΕΥΤ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕωΝ ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤωΝ, ΕΤ ϜΚϹ
Reverse design Demeter standing right, holding two ears of corn and long torch, facing Cibyra standing left, supporting basket on her head with left hand, holding her drapery
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference BMC 85
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 781/1–7.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1843,0726.44 BMC 85, pl. XVIII.8
2 2     P: 777
3 3     Winterthur: 3406