RPC IX, 996

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 996
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Pisidia
City Isinda
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ] ΓΑ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙ[ ]ΕΥ [ ]
Edition [---] Γά(ϊον) Μέ(σσιον) Κύ(ϊντον) Τρα(ϊανὸν) Δέκι[---] Ευ(σεβῆ)
Translation [---] for Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius [---] Pious [---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙϹΙΝΔΕΩΝ, ΔΗΜΟϹ
Edition Ἰσινδέων δῆμος
Translation people of the Isindians
Reverse design draped bust of the Demos (mature), right, touching his beard
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 39 mm
Average weight 26.07 g
Axis 4, 6
Reference vA Pisidien I, 890
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1973.191.86 R. E. Hecht, ‘Some Greek Imperial Coins in my coll.’, NC 1968, p. 33, no. 18 = vA Pisidien I, 890
2 2     CGT coll. = CNG EA 284, 8 Aug. 2012, lot 160
3 3     ✸ Roma Numismatics 25, 22 Sept. 2022, lot 672
4 4     Grün 71, 16 May 2017, lot 1583
5 5     Leu 14, 14 Oct. 2023, lot 133