RPC IX, 965

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 965
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Codrula
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕϹΙ ΚΥΙΝ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΔΕΚΙΟΝ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτορα) Κ(αίσαρα) Γ(άϊον) Μέσ<σ>ι(ον) Κύϊν(τον) Τραϊα(νὸν) Δέκιον Σε(βαστόν)
Translation for Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΔΡΟΥΛΕΩΝ
Edition Κοδρουλέων
Translation of the Codrulans
Reverse design Rhea(?) and Cronus(?) seated, facing each other; Cronus holds a lyre(?) and a sceptre; behinh each god, a small statue(?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 21.07 g
Axis 1
Reference vA Pisidien I, 1025–7
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 966/1. 1–3: same rev. die as RPC VIII 1852/1–2, 967/1.
Note The rev. die is also linked to coins of Septimius Severus (vA Pisidien I, 996).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1951,1208.32 J. Hirsch 21, 16 Nov. 1908, lot 3744 = vA Pisidien I, 1026
2 2     P: 309 Wa 3670 = vA Pisidien I, 1027 = SNG 1432
3 3     ✸ Gemini VI, 10 Jan. 2010, lot 666 = CNG 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1022 = vA Pisidien I, 1025, pl. 24 = R. E. Hecht, ‘Some Greek Imperial Coins in my coll.’, NC 1968, p. 31, no. 13