RPC IX, 1253

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1253
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 COLO, ANTHIOC S R
Edition Antiochi(a) colo(nia) Anthioς S(ocia) R(omanorum)
Translation the colony of Antioch; Anthios; ally of the Romans
Reverse design river god (Anthios) reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.42 g
Axis 1, 11
Reference Krzyżanowska I/5
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note For die links, see Krzyżanowska p. 192
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B
2 2     Tübingen SNG 4404
3 3     CNG EA 162, 11 Apr. 2007, lot 199
4 4     ✸ J. Bajer coll.
5 5     CNG EA 539, 31 May 2023, lot 454
6 6     CNG EA 549, 1 Nov. 2023, lot 1003 (part of)