RPC IX, 1250

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1250
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 river god (Anthios) reclining left, holding cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.76 g
Axis 6
Reference Krzyżanowska I/6
Specimens 9 (2 in the core collections)
Note For die links, see Krzyżanowska pp. 192-3

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1914,0908.17 NC 1914, p. 308, no. 23
2 2     B
3 3     Istanbul
4 4     Istanbul
5 5     Warsaw
6 6     Warsaw
7 7     ✸ Jacquier 25, 2000, lot 224
8 8     MünzZentrum 56, 6 Nov. 1985, lot 321
9 9     CGT coll. eBay Savoca