RPC IX, 900

 

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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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Μέσσιος Κύϊντος Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Σεβαστός 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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΟΜΗΛΕωΝ ΕΠ ΕΥΤΥΧΟΥ, Β
Edition Φιλομηλέων ἐπὶ Εὐτύχου βʹ Φιλομηλέων ἐπ(ὶ) Εὐτύχου βʹ
Translation of the Philomelians, under Eutyches II
Reverse design river god (Gallos) reclining left, holding cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 7.88 g
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.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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