RPC IX, 811

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 811
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Apamea
Region Phrygia
City Apamea
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Stratonikianos (panegyriarch)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Γ Μ ΚΥΙΝΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κύϊντ(ος) Τραϊαν(ὀς) Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Π ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΑΝΗΓ, ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition π(αρὰ) Στρατονικιανοῦ πανηγ(υριάρχου) Ἀπαμέων
Translation from Stratonikianos, panegyriarch, of the Apameans
Reverse design nude Kelainos standing left, holding patera, spear and drapery; at feet, left, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 23.26 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 190
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die as 810/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1872,0709.302 BMC 190, pl. XII.5, rev.
2 2     Falghera 2401 = Künker 20, 30 Sept. 1991, lot 858
3 3     Künker 193, 26 Sept. 2011, lot 967
4 4     Lindgren I, 906A