RPC IX, 899

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 899
Province Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince Conventus of Philomelium
Region Phrygia
City Philomelium
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Eutyches II
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕϹ Κ ΤΡΑΙ ΔΕΚΙΟ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσ(σιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Δέκιο(ς) Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕΩΝ ΕΠ ΕΥΤΥΧΟ Β, S P Q R
Edition Φιλομηλέων ἐπ(ὶ) Εὐτύχο(υ) βʹ S(enatus) P(opulus) Q(ue) R(omanus)
Translation of the Philomelians, under Eutyches II, Senate and People of Rome
Reverse design plain circle within which S P Q R
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 19.03 g
Axis 8, 12
Reference BMC 43
Specimens 17 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 5–8, 13, 15: same pair of dies. 3–4, 9–12, 14, 17: same pair of dies. 1–15, 17: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1874,0716.200 BMC 43
2 2     ✸ L: 1979,0101.2302 SNG vA 3930
3 3     P: 1864
4 4     P: 1868 Wa 6412
5 5     B: B-I
6 6     V: GR 36217, Prowe Egger 46, 11 May 1914 (Prowe III), lot 1824
7 7     Tübingen SNG 4186
8 8     CNA MBS 22, 2 Sept. 1992, lot 607
9 9     CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 186
10 10     CNG EA 239, 25 Aug. 2010, lot 312
11 11     Gorny 81, 3 Mar. 1997, lot 504
12 12     Gorny 90, 12 Oct. 1998, lot 622
13 13     Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 962 = Giessener 38, 30 Nov. 1987, lot 203
14 14     Hirsch 190, 8 May 1996, lot 1118 = Hirsch 198, 11 Feb. 1998, lot 731 = Hirsch 196, 24 Sept. 1997, lot 885
15 15     Lanz 114, 26 May 2003, lot 647
16 16     M&M AG, list 564, Apr. 1993, lot 58
17 17     Leu WA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, lot 2315