RPC IX, 1563

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1563
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 and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, seen from front
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 26 mm
Average weight 11.47 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 73–8
Specimens 18 (11 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1841,0730.197 BMC 19, pl. XVIII.18 = Castelin 73
2 2     L: 1844,0425.483b BMC 20 = Castelin 78
3 3     P: 1228, Chandon
4 4     B: 27772 Castelin 76a
5 5     Cop SNG 245 = Castelin 74a
6 6     Cop SNG 246 = Castelin 74b, pl. VIII
7 7     G Castelin 77a = SNG 2461
8 8     G Castelin 77b = SNG 2462
9 9     NY: 1963.173.132
10 10     O
11 11     V Castelin 75
12 12     Bern: Righetti 2638
13 13     Castelin 76b
14 14     CNG 47, 7 Sept. 1998, lot 996
15 15     CNG EA 248, 26 Jan. 2011, lot 328
16 16     Falghera 2437
17 17     R.Becker coll. = Hirsch 158, 4 May 1988, lot 562
18 18     Lindgren I, 2619