RPC IX, 1558

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1558
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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Γάϊ(ος) Μέσ(σιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Decius, right, with traces of drapery
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Edition Σεπ(τιμία) Ῥησαινησίων l(egio) III P(arthica)
Translation the Septimian colony of Rhesaenians, 3rd Parthian legion
Reverse design temple (with roof) seen in perspective enclosing eagle with closed wings; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming between two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 53–5
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.2922 BMC 21, pl. XVIII.9 = Castelin 53, pl. VII
2 2     B: 17627 Castelin 55
3 3     V Castelin 54
4 4     Hirsch 106, 4 Oct. 1977, lot 3343
5 5     Hirsch 187, 19 Sept. 1995, 1578
6 6     Hirsch 260, 12 Feb. 2009, lot 2228
7 7     Sternberg 18, 20 Nov. 1986, lot 593