Trajan Decius. AE 25; Trajan Decius; 249-251 AD, Philomelium, Phrygia, AE 25, 7.56g. RPC-temp. 893 (12 spec.). Obv: ??? ? G ?EC ? ???? ?E??? ?E laureate, draped, cuirassed bust r. Rx: F??????EW? E? E??V??V around, large B in exergue, River god Gallos reclining l., holding out cornucopia and placing l. hand on overturned urn behind him from which water flows. Ex Empire Coins 7, Greater New York Numismatic Convention, 2 May 1987, lot 492 (Gordon J. Dickie Collection); ex Frank Kovacs List 16, May 1982, and Dr. Martin Newman Collection. Probably from the same dies as RPC online-900, specimen 4, where the die break on the reverse has however expanded, obscuring the B in exergue.
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