RPC IX, 16

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 16
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue AN XII
Dating AD 250/1
Obverse inscription IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN XII
Reverse design Moesia standing left, holding branch and globe; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 7
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 34856
2 2     ✸ V: GR 34860
3 3     Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 326