RPC IX, 143

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 143
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Thessalonica
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΚΥΙΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΚΟ ΜΗ(Τ) Δ ΝƐΩΚΟΡΟϹ
Reverse design four agonistic crowns, each containing two palms; in field, Δ
Metal Æ
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 2
Reference Touratsoglou 3
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3, 5–6: same pair of dies. 2, 4: same pair of dies. 1–6: same obv. die as 142/1, 144/1–2, 145/1–2, 146/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox Touratsoglou 3, pl. 44, rev.
2 2     ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 389
3 3     CNG 55, 13 Sept. 2000, lot 920
4 4     Gorny & Mosch 200, 10 Oct. 2011, lot 2117
5 5     Lanz 97, 22 May 2000, lot 891
6 6     ✸ Numisfitz 1, 26 Mar. 2023, lot 473