RPC IX, 891

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 891
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Synnada
Region Phrygia
City Synnada
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Tlepolemos (archon and agonothetes, of equestrian rank)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Μ ΚΟΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κού(ϊντος) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Δέκ(ιος) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΥΡ ΤΛΗΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ ΙΠΠΙΚΟΥ, ϹΥΝΝΑΔΕΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Αὐρ(ηλίου) Τληπολέμου ἱππικοῦ Συνναδέων
Translation under Aurelius Tlepolemos, of equestrian rank, of the Synnadeans
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 14.64 g
Axis 5
Reference BMC 60
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 878/1–5, 879/1, 880/1–2, 4–5, 882/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1903,0404.153 BMC 60