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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ANTIOCHI COLO, ANTHIOC S R
Reverse design river god (Anthios) reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on water urn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 11
Reference Krzyżanowska I/5
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Note For die links, see Krzyżanowska p. 192

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)