Description: Ionia, Ephesos, Trajan Decius (249 - 251 AD). AVT K TPAIANOC ΔΕKIOC; laureate, draped bust right / ΕΦΕ-CΙΩ-Ν; statue of Artemis Ephesia in four-column temple.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 3,2 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: SNG Cop 492

Commentary: dark patina, good centering

History: Only 12 years after the reign of Trajan Decius the famous temple of Artemis in Ephesos was burnt by the Goths in 263 AD.

Article Number: 006-06-02-41652