Trajan Decius. ; Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Pergamum, Mysia, AE 35.5-37, 18.95g. RPC-544 (2 spec., including this coin); Lindgren/Kovacs-311 (this coin). Obv: AVT K G MEC KVI TPAIANOC ?EKI / OC Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r., seen from front. Rx: E?I C KOM - F G? - VKONO / C around, ?EPGAMHNO[N] / ?PO G NEO in exergue, Asklepios standing front with serpent-rod, beside Hermes standing l. holding ram's head (?) and caduceus. Ex Antioch Associates Buy or Bid 17, 3 November 1998, lot 58; ex Lindgren/Kovacs-311. The reverse legend proclaims that Pergamum was the first city to be awarded the honor of three neocorates.Some pitting
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