RPC IX, 144

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 144
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[ ] [Ν]ΕΩΚΟΡΟϹ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκ[---] νεωκόρος
Translation Thessalonica [---] neocorate
Reverse design two agonistic crowns, each containing a palm, on table with lion paw feet; below, two other agonistic crowns, one containing a palm; in field, Δ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.27 g
Axis 2
Reference Touratsoglou 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 142/1, 143/1–6, 145/1–2, 146/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Moscow Pushkin Touratsoglou 6, pl. 44, rev.
2 2     ✸ K. Myzgin documentation