RPC IX, 971

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 971
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Cremna
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES C MES Q TRA DECIVS P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) G(aius) Mes(sius) Q(uintus) Tra(ianus) Decius P(ius)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pious
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG CREM
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Crem(na)
Translation Colony of Julia Augusta Cremna
Reverse design she-wolf standing right, head, left, feeding twins
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.57 g
Axis 6
Reference vA Pisidien II, 1461
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Boston: 65.902 vA Pisidien II, 1461, pl. 31
2 2     ✸ CNG EA 149, 4 Oct. 2006, lot 227 = CNG 27, 29 Sept. 1993, lot 1230 = Waddell, list 10, July 1984, lot 45 = Waddell 1, 9 Dec. 1982, lot 89
3 3     Gorny & Mosch 176, 10 Mar. 2009, lot 1709
4 4     O. Tekin, Catalogue of the ancient coins in the Sadberk Hanım Museum (Istanbul, 2003), no. 322
5 5     Peus 366, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 897 = Kovacs MBS 13, 3 June 1998, lot 175