RPC IX, 907


Image of specimen #2

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/907 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	IX
Number	907
Province	Phrygia-Caria
Subprovince	Conventus of Philomelium
Region	Phrygia
City	Hadrianopolis
Reign	Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)	Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate	Hadrianus II
Obverse inscription	ΑΥ Κ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡΑΙ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition	Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Δέκιος
Translation	Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟ ΕΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ Β, ϹΕΒ
Edition	Ἁδριανοπο(λειτῶν) ἐπὶ ἄρχ(οντος) Ἁδριανοῦ βʹ Σεβ(αστῶν)
Translation	of the Augustan Hadrianopolitans, under archon Hadrian II
Reverse design	Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	34 mm
Average weight	24.14 g
Specimens	3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links	1–3: same pair of dies.
Note	The reading of the name of the magistrate was given by C. Clay (in litt., 2016).
Correction	Corrected coin-type (post publication)