RPC IX, 141

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 141
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΚΥΙΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Κύϊντος Δεκίος Τραϊανός Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Κύϊν(τος) Δεκίος Τραϊαν(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Quintus Decius Traianus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΕωΝ ΚΟΛ Δ ΝΕωΚ, ΜΗΤ
Edition Θεσσαλονικέων κολωνία δʹ νεωκόρος μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονικέων κολ(ωνία) δʹ νεωκ(όρος) μητ(ρόπολις)
Translation colony of the Thessalonians, four times neocorate, metropolis
Reverse design Janus standing left, right raised to forehead, facing nude Marsyas standing right, raising arm, holding wineskin over shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 7.95 g
Axis 1
Reference Touratsoglou 1
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1498 Touratsoglou 1, pl. 44