RPC IX, 1555

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1555
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 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 19 mm
Average weight 4.43 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference BMC 169
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1843,0712.56 BMC 169
2 2     P: RF 7732 1925/4
3 3     P: RF 7732 1925/6
4 4     B: Dannenberg
5 5     B: I-B
6 6     C: 218-1961
7 7     G SNG 2584
8 8     ✸ O
9 9     Milan SNG 116
10 10     CNG EA 282, 11 July 2012, lot 213
11 11     Sol Numismatik XIII, 20 May 2023, lot 282