Trajan Decius AD 249-251 AE 21, 4.15g

obv. AYT KOI TRAIAN DEK[IOC], bust, draped, laureate, r.
rev. LANYAKHN / [W]N - EPI APOLL[WN?] - ETOY, Priapos stg. l., draped 
 from hips, showing Ithyphallos, holding Thyrsos l.  and Kantharos r.

cf. SNG Paris 1294 (Attribution by Curtis Clay!)
Very rare, F+/-VF

LAN erroneous for LAM, but there are some open questions too: KOI 
 seems to be erroneous for KAI, magistrate APOLLONITOS couldn't be 
 found until now.

PRIAPOS was born by Aphrodite in Lampsakos/Mysia. Therefore Lampsakos was
the centre of warshipping of Priapos. Here his depiction was more like
Dionysos who was said to be his father.

Contributed by Hans-Joachim, August, 2005.