RPC IX, 791

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 791
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Lydia
City Tripolis
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Μ Κ ΔΕΚΙϹ ΤΡΑ ϹΕ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Δέκι<ο>ς Τρα(ϊανὸς) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Τριπολειτῶν
Translation of the Tripolitans
Reverse design Leto hurrying, right, head left, veil flying over head, holding Apollo and Artemis infants
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 16.96 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference McClean 8732
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 790/1.
Note The countermark GIC 667 on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/24346 was applied at Aphrodisias: see GIC pp. 46-7, pp. 237-8
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C McClean 8732 = Hirsch 13, 15 May 1905, lot 4081
2 2     ✸ O
3 3     Yale: ILE2013.17.400 Finarte 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1226 = M&M Basel, list 303, Aug. 1969, lot 35
4 4     Hauck & Aufhäuser 18, 5 Oct. 2004, lot 523