RPC IX, 541

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 541
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 ΘΕΟ, ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ ΠΡΩ Γ ΝΕΩ
Reverse design at left, Demeter standing facing, wearing kalathos, holding two long torches; in the middle, emperor standing left, holding patera over altar and spear; at right, Hygieia(?) standing left, wearing short chiton, putting crown on emperor’s head and holding long serpent staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.
Note On the rev., see G. Le Rider, ‘Un tétradrachme d’Athéna Niképhoros’, RN 1973, pp. 72-5
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1893,0405.3
2 2     V: GR 16509
3 3     ✸ NAC 84, 20 May 2015, lot 2025