RPC IX, 813

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 813
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 Κ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊανὀς 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 ΠΑΡ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΑΝΗΓΥΡ ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition παρ(ὰ) Στρατονικιανοῦ πανηγυρ(ιάρχου) Ἀπαμέων
Translation from Stratonikianos, panegyriarch, of the Apameans
Reverse design Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus standing facing
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 13.66 g
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 814/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 543
2 2     Lanz 92, 4 June 1999, lot 1058 = Finarte 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 1227
3 3     Müller 68, 20 Sept. 1991, lot 228