RPC IX, 1554

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1554
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
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 4.23 g
Axis 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 168
Specimens 26 (20 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 172
2 2     ✸ L: 1844,0425.284 BMC 168, pl. XVII.5
3 3     L: 1900,0607.13 BMC 171
4 4     L: 1913,1115.32 BMC 170, pl. XVII.6
5 5     P: 2134
6 6     P: 2135
7 7     P: 2136
8 8     B
9 9     B: 17021
10 10     B: I-B
11 11     B: Löbb.
12 12     B: Löbb.
13 13     C: 217-1961
14 14     C: 587-1948
15 15     C: Leake 1626
16 16     Cop SNG 231
17 17     G SNG 2585
18 18     O
19 19     V: GR 22836
20 20     V: GR 22837
21 21     Milan SNG 114
22 22     Milan SNG 115
23 23     Lindgren I, 2594
24 24     Rauch Summer 2011, 19 Sept. 2011, lot 923
25 25     Weber 8165
26 26     CGT coll.