RPC IX, 646

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 646
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Hypaepa
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Flavius Ermolaos Nikonianos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Μ ΚΥΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ϹΤΡ ΦΛ ΕΡΜΟΛΑΟΥ, ΝΕΙΚ-ΩΝΙΑΝΟΥ, ΥΠΑΙΠΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design statue of Artemis Anaïtis standing facing, wearing kalathos, opening arms, riding in biga of stags, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 6
Reference Lindgren III, 480
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 587/1 (Colophon).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb. Kraft p. 132, no. 120b, pl. 23
2 2     C: Lewis 1469
3 3     Lindgren III, 480