RPC IX, 142

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 142
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΚΥΙΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Κύϊν(τος) Τραϊανὸς Δεκίος
Translation Emperor Caesar Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription [ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚ]Η ΚΟΛΩ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟ[ΡΟϹ]
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη κολω(νία) μητρόπ(ολις) δʹ νεωκόρος
Translation Thessalonica, colony, metropolis, neocorate four time
Reverse design four agonistic crowns, each containing two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 14.62 g
Axis 8
Reference Touratsoglou 2
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 143/1–6, 144/1–2, 145/1–2, 146/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.4186 BMC 140 = Touratsoglou 1, pl. 44