RPC IX, 1553

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1553
Province Osroene
Region Mesopotamia
City Edessa
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Γ ΔΕΚΙϹ ϹΕΒ (sic)
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Γ(άϊος) Δέκι<ο>ς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Gaius Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Decius, right, with traces of drapery
Reverse inscription ΚΟΛ ΕΔΕϹϹΑ
Edition κολ(ωνία) Ἔδεσσα
Translation the colony Edessa
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche, left; at left, small lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.46 g
Axis 3, 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 166–7
Specimens 22 (17 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 166
2 2     L: 1900,0706.14 BMC 167
3 3     P: 2133
4 4     P: 3474, Luynes
5 5     B: Alter Bestand
6 6     B: Löbb.
7 7     C: 249-1961
8 8     C: Leake 1627
9 9     Cop SNG 229
10 10     Cop SNG 230
11 11     G SNG 2583
12 12     ✸ Mu
13 13     NY: 1944.100.72194
14 14     NY: 1944.100.92183
15 15     V: GR 22833
16 16     V: GR 22834
17 17     V: GR 22835
18 18     Milan SNG 112
19 19     Milan SNG 113
20 20     Newcastle SNG 846
21 21     Leeds-UL: 91
22 22     VCoins Gert Boersema SKU: 3965