RPC IX, 1562

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1562
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 radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
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 (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
Average weight 12.49 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 66–72
Specimens 21 (14 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,B.3646 BMC 16 = Castelin 69
2 2     L: 1844,0425.483d BMC 17 = Castelin 67
3 3     P: 1225, Chandon
4 4     P: 2172
5 5     P: 2175 Castelin 66, pl. VIII
6 6     P: RF 7757 1925/6
7 7     B: I-B Castelin 68b
8 8     B: Löbb (under Etruscus) Castelin 68a
9 9     C
10 10     C McClean 9559
11 11     G Castelin 71 = SNG 2459
12 12     G Castelin 72 = SNG 2460
13 13     NY
14 14     O
15 15     St Petersburg Castelin 70c
16 16     Castelin 70a
17 17     ✸ CNG EA 315, 20 Nov. 2013, lot 281
18 18     Falghera 2436
19 19     Hirsch 217, 27 Sept. 2001, lot 2111
20 20     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 982 (Righetti)
21 21     CGT coll.