RPC IX, 145

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 145
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 ΘΕϹϹΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΚΟΛ ΜΗΤΡ Δ ΝΕΩΚΟΡΟϹ
Edition Θεσσαλονίκη κολ(ωνία) μητρ(όπολις) δʹ νεωκόρος
Translation Thessalonica, colony, metropolis, neocorate four time
Reverse design four temples with four columns seen in perspective; above, Δ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.95 g
Axis 1
Reference Touratsoglou 5
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 142/1, 143/1–6, 144/1–2, 146/1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1972,0807.5 Touratsoglou 5, pl. 44, rev.
2 2     ✸ Private coll.