RPC IX, 966

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 966
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 ΔΙΟϹ ΚΟΤΑΝΟΥϹ
Edition Κοδρουλέων Διὸς Κοτανοῦς
Translation of the Codrulans, of Zeus Kotanes
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing facing bust of a god; eagle on pediment
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 19.46 g
Reference vA Pisidien I, 1028
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 965/1–3. 1: same rev. die as RPC VI 5591/1–2, RPC VI 5595/1–2, RPC VI 5598/1, RPC VII.2 2393/1, RPC VIII 1856/1, RPC X 2736/1–2.
Note The rev. die is also linked to coins of Caracalla (vA Pisidien I, 1004), Elagabalus (vA Pisidien I, 1008), Severus Alexander (vA Pisidien I, 1015-6), Maximinus (vA Pisidien I, 1018), and Valerian (vA Pisidien I, 1033).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ vA Pisidien I, 1028, pl. 24 = R. E. Hecht, ‘Some Greek Imperial Coins in my coll.’, NC 1968, p. 31, no. 12