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
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design river god (Gallos) reclining left, holding cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
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.