Watch List notes:

AEOLIS. Aegae. Trajan Decius, 249-251. Medallion (Bronze, 40 mm, 38.08 g, 12 h), M. Aur Paulos, strategos. ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚΥΙΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right, seen from behind. Rev. ЄΠΙ Ϲ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΑΙΓΑЄΩΝ Zeus standing front, head to left, holding eagle in his right hand and long scepter in his left. RPC IX 569.7 (this coin). Very rare. A bold and impressive medallion. Pierced twice and with two additional attempted drill holes, otherwise, very fine.


From the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Collection, Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, 844, previously acquired from Robert E. Hecht Jr. in 1964 by the Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoe Wilbour.