RPC IX, 1182

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1182
Province Lycia-Pamphylia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Trachea
City Colybrassus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Γ ΜΕϹϹ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέσσ(ιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛΥΒΡΑϹϹΕΩΝ
Edition Κολυβρασσέων
Translation of the Colybrassians
Reverse design Zeus seated left, extending right arm, holding sceptre; at feet, left, eagle
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 13.07 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Levante 340
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–9: same pair of dies. 1–9: same obv. die as 1181/1–3, 1194/1 (Carallia).

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1894,0706.106 BMC 9
2 2     P: 424 Wa 4227 = SNG 552
3 3     C: 308-1975
4 4     C: Mossop
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.53221 Weber 7537
6 6     CNA, MBS 14, 20 Mar. 1991, lot 413
7 7     SNG Levante 340
8 8     Tahberer 868
9 9     Ziegler 47 = M&M GmbH 19, 16 May 2006, lot 453 = MünzZentrum 152, 2 Sept. 2009, lot 345