RPC IX, 781

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 781
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Cibyra
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year ϚΚϹ = 226
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΜΕϹ Κ ΤΡΑΙ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΕΥϹ ΕΥΤ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Μέσσιος Κύϊντος Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Εὐσεβὴς Εὐτυχὴς Σεβαστός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Δέκιος Εὐσ(εβὴς) Εὐτ(υχὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Pious Fortunate Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡΕωΝ ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤωΝ, ΕΤ ϚΚϹ
Edition Καισαρέων Κιβυρατῶν ἔτους ϛκσʹ Καισαρέων Κιβυρατῶν ἔτ(ους) ϛκσʹ
Translation of the Caesarean Cibyrates, of year 226
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; serpent getting out from cista
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 21.87 g
Axis 1, 2
Reference SNG vA 3754
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 7: same pair of dies. 4–6: same pair of dies. 1–7: same obv. die as 780/1–3. 4–6: same rev. die as 1120/1–4 (Perge).
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,0101.2185 SNG vA 3754 = Leu 18, 5 May 1977, lot 214
2 2     B: 18209748, B-I GM p. 157, no. 6
3 3     B: 18209749, Fox
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.50345
5 5     Yale: 2004.6.362
6 6     CNG EA 188, 28 May 2008, lot 249
7 7     Stack, 28 Apr. 2010, lot 259
8 8     Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 49, 20 Nov. 2020, lot 264