RPC IX, 2061

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2061
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C M[S?] Q TRA DECIVS AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL P(R) F(L) AVG (C) CAES MET S P, (P)ORTVS A(V)GVSTI
Reverse design galley with four rowers and two vexilla, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Kadman II 152
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 118 = Triton I, 2 Dec. 1997, lot 282 (Righetti)
2 2     IMJ: 78.02170
3 3     IMJ: 82.03842 Rosenberger II, 128
4 4     Tel Aviv Meshorer, Eretz-Israel, p. 110, no. 33
5 5     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1251 = CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 395
6 6     J. Scholz, ‘Griechische Münzen aus meiner Sammlung’, NZ 43 (1910), p. 29 = W. Kubitschek, ‘Zu Münzen von Caesarea in Samaria’, NZ 44 (1911), p. 13–20