RPC IX, 540

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 540
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Cominius Flavius Glykon (strategos and theologos)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕϹ ΚΥΙΝ 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 Ϲ ΚΟΜ Φ ΓΛΥΚΩΝΟϹ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ, ΠΡΩΤΩΝ Γ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΩΝ
Reverse design Decius, in military dress, standing right, holding spear and patera over lighted altar, facing Dionysus standing left, raising right arm, and holding thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 343
Specimens 6 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–6: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0101.1615 SNG vA 1419
2 2     L: BNK,G.467 BMC 343
3 3     P: 1420 SNG 2283
4 4     B: 18266280, 1862/28424
5 5     C: 271-1948
6 6     Mu