RPC IX, 587

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 587
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Colophon
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Flavius Agathokles (strategos and priest of Apollo)
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 ϹΤΡΑ ΦΛ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟϹ ΙΕΡΕΟϹ ΤΟΥ ΑΠΟΛΛΩ-ΝΟϹ, ΚΟΛΟΦΩΝΙΩΝ (retrograde)
Reverse design Apollo (Klarios) seated left, holding branch and lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Reference SNG vA 2022
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 646/1–3 (Hypaepa).
Note Reverse inscription reads anti-clockwise
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ SNG vA 2022 = Kraft p. 132, no. 120a