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 ΔƐΚΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘƐϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚ[ ] [Ν]ƐΩΚΟΡΟϹ
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 Æ
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 15.27 g
Axis 2
Reference Touratsoglou 6
Specimens 2
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 142/1, 143/1–5, 145/1–2, 146/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

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