RPC IX, 781

 

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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 ϜΚϹ = 226
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Γ ΜƐϹ Κ ΤΡΑΙ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ƐΥϹ ƐΥΤ ϹƐΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius Felix Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡƐⲰΝ ΚΙΒΥΡΑΤⲰΝ, ƐΤ ϜΚϹ
Reverse design Demeter standing r., holding two ears of corn and long torch, facing Cibyra standing l., supporting basket on her head with l. hand, holding her drapery; serpent getting out from cista
Metal Æ
Average diameter 35 mm
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

Number Number 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