RPC IX, 815

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 815
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 ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Gaius Messius Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑΡΑ ϹΤΡΑΤΟΝΙΚΙΑΝΟΥ ΠΑΝΗΓΥΡΙΑΡΧ, ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Edition παρὰ Στρατονικιανοῦ πανηγυριάρχ(ου) Ἀπαμέων
Translation from Stratonikianos, panegyriarch, of the Apameans
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 13.32 g
Axis 12
Reference Leypold 1467
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same rev. die.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B KM p. 213, no. 27
2 2     ✸ Afyon: 726
3 3     V-ON Leypold 1467 = Rauch 10, 9 June 1972, lot 104 = Schulman NY, 6 June 1969 (Mabbott coll.), lot 1886