RPC IX, 1556

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1556
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΙ ΜΕϹ ΚΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Reverse design temple (without roof) seen in perspective enclosing eagle with closed wings; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming between two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 3, 4, 9
Reference Castelin 65
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. Castelin 65
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ Rohde coll.
4 4     CGT coll. = Zeus Budget 15, 21 Feb. 2021, lot 407