RPC IX, 1246

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1246
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pisidia
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TRAI AV
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) C(aio) Mess(io) Q(uinto) Decio Trai(ano) Au(gusto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Caius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ANTIOCHI COL CA, S R
Edition Antiochi(a) col(onia) Ca(esaria) s(ocia) R(omanorum)
Translation Caesarean colony of Antioch, ally of the Romans
Reverse design Felicitas, wearing kalathos, standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.11 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Krzyżanowska I/7
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
Note For die links, see Krzyżanowska p. 192

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1894,0402.178 BMC 124, pl. XXXII.10, rev.
2 2     Cop SNG 80
3 3     NY: 1944.100.51092
4 4     V: GR 18912
5 5     CNG EA 60, 12 Mar. 2003, lot 66
6 6     Hirsch 205, 22 Sept. 1999, lot 1004
7 7     CGT coll.