RPC IX, 144

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚ[ ] [Ν]ΕΩΚΟΡΟϹ
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
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.

Specimens of this coin type

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