RPC IX, 1251

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1251
Province Galatia-Pontus
Region Pisidia
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TR AVG
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) C(aio) Mess(io) Q(uinto) Decio Tr(aiano) Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Caius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ANTIOCHI CO ANTHIOC
Edition Antiochi(a) co(lonia) Anthios
Translation the colony of Antioch; Anthios
Reverse design river god (Anthios) reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 8.65 g
Axis 12
Reference Krzyżanowska IV/12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note For die links, see Krzyżanowska p. 194

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 201 SNG 1288
2 2     ✸ C: 419-1948
3 3     Adana Cox 62, pl. II
4 4     Warsaw
5 5     CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 198
6 6     Lanz 102, 28 May 2001, lot 922
7 7     CGT coll.VCoins Rutten & Weiland