RPC IX, 1433

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1433
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mallus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES CAI ME CVIN DECIO TRAIANO SE (sic)
Edition Imp(eratori) Caes(ari) Gai(o) Me(ssio) Cuin(to) Decio Traiano Se(basto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription MALLO COLONIA FELIX, S C
Edition Mallo(ton) colonia Felix s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation the fortunate colony of the Mallians, by decree of the senate
Reverse design Decius standing left, offering small statue of Marsyas to Fortuna standing right, holding cornucopia; at right, Amphilocos standing left, holding branch and crowning the emperor, near yoke of oxen; below, boar; all within wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 37 mm
Average weight 29.00 g
Axis 6
Reference Levante 1291
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     Cop SNG 426 (under Damascus)
4 4     CNG 51, 15 Sept. 1999, lot 943
5 5     Lanz 24, 25 Apr. 1983, lot 691
6 6     ✸ SNG Levante 1291 = CNG MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, lot 664
7 7     Roma Numismatics IV, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2515 = ArtCoins Roma 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 391 = Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1106
8 8     Schulten, 21 Oct. 1986, lot 828
9 9     Ziegler 915
10 10     Bochum: M 3238