RPC IX, 879

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 879
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Synnada
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Μ ΚΟΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙϹ Ϲ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Amaltheia standing right, holding sceptre and the infant Zeus; at her feet, goat, standing right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 878/1–5, 880/1–2, 4–5, 882/1–2, 891/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ R. Becker coll. = M&M, list 377, Apr. 1976, lot 32
2 2     Demos 7, 29 Jan. 2022, lot 442