RPC IX, 902

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 902
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 ΕΥΤΥΧΟΥϹ, Β
Edition Φιλομηλέων ἐπ(ὶ) Εὐτύχους 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 24 mm
Average weight 7.59 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 12
Reference BMC 42
Specimens 27 (13 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 7, 11, 13, 19, 22–3, 25: same pair of dies. 4, 6, 10, 14, 18: same pair of dies. 5, 8: same pair of dies. 9, 12, 17, 20, 24: same pair of dies. 1–25: same obv. die as 902A/1, 903/1–5, 903A/1.
Note The letter B on the rev. is sometimes retrograde.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1901,0703.29 BMC 42
2 2     P: 1865
3 3     P: 1866
4 4     ✸ P: 1866B
5 5     B: Fox
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     B: Löbb.
8 8     C: Lewis 1569
9 9     Cop SNG 656
10 10     Cop SNG 657
11 11     Mu SNG 437
12 12     O
13 13     V: GR 19950
14 14     Boston: 62.395
15 15     CNA, MBS 14, 20 Mar. 1991, lot 394
16 16     CNA, MBS 14, 20 Mar. 1991, lot 395
17 17     Falghera 2405
18 18     Gorny 81, 3 Mar. 1997, lot 505
19 19     Jacquier 23, 1999, lot 346 = Jacquier 24, 2000, lot 422 = Jacquier 25, 2000, lot 222 = Jacquier 26, 2001, lot 211 = Jacquier 27, 2001, lot 291
20 20     V-ON Leypold 1717
21 21     MünzZentrum 53, 13 Nov. 1984, lot 1767 = Müller 44, 16 Dec. 1983, lot 555
22 22     MünzZentrum 73, 22 Apr. 1992, lot 197
23 23     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2512 = Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 963 = Aufhäuser 12, 1 Oct. 1996, lot 671
24 24     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2513
25 25     Schulten, 25 Oct. 1984, lot 520
26 26     Freiburg: 473
27 27     H.I. coll.