RPC IX, 577

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 577
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Smyrna
Region Ionia
City Teos
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Magistrate Aurelius Artemidoros (strategos)
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ Μ Κ 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 ϹΤ ΑΥΡ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΤΗΙΩΝ
Reverse design Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Axis 8, 12
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–4: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2930A Wa 1994 = Kraft p. 116, no. 46
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ M&M GmbH 15, 21 Oct. 2004, lot 703 (Righetti) = Schulten, 18 Oct. 1989, lot 893
4 4     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 126 ('Nysa' = GRPCL Nysa 241)