RPC IX, 900

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 900
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕωΝ ΕΠ ΕΥΤΥΧΟΥ, Β
Reverse design river god (Gallos) reclining left, holding cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference BMC 39–40
Specimens 12 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3, 6–7, 11–12: same pair of dies. 5, 8–10: same pair of dies. 1–12: same obv. die as 901/1–4.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1895,0606.101 BMC 40
2 2     ✸ L: 1899,0703.128 BMC 39
3 3     P: 1866A
4 4     P: 1867
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     Mu SNG 438
8 8     NY: 1924.999.172
9 9     V: GR 36819
10 10     Helios 3, 29 Apr. 2009, lot 577
11 11     V-ON Leypold 1716
12 12     Lindgren I, 1023 = CNG EA 538, 10 May 2023, lot 396