RPC IX, 1576

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1576
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέ(σσιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Δέκιος Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Edition Σεπ(τιμία) κολ(ωνία) Ῥησαινησίων l(egio) III P(arthica)
Translation the Septimian colony of Rhesaenians, 3rd Parthian legion
Reverse design priest ploughing with two oxen, right, holding staff; above, eagle on palm with wreath in beak; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.09 g
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 95–112
Specimens 37 (24 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,1101.294 BMC 13 = Castelin 100
2 2     L: 1853,1215.28 BMC 10 = Castelin 106
3 3     P: 1224, Chandon
4 4     P: 2176
5 5     P: 2178 Castelin 111, pl. IX
6 6     P: 5198 Florange & Ciani 75, 17 Feb. 1925, lot 1194/24 (Allote de la Fuÿe)
7 7     P: Anderson, 15 Nov. 27, lot 252/8
8 8     B: 5151 Castelin 96
9 9     B: Bonnet
10 10     B: Friedlander
11 11     B: Löbb.
12 12     ✸ C
13 13     C: 254-1961
14 14     Cop SNG 250
15 15     G Castelin 101a = SNG 2463
16 16     G Castelin 103, pl. IX = SNG 2464
17 17     Mu
18 18     Mu
19 19     Mu
20 20     NY
22 22     NY
23 23     O
24 24     O
25 25     V Castelin 102b
26 26     Bern: Righetti 2640
27 27     Boston: 63.2927
28 28     Dresden Castelin 101b
29 29     N Castelin 95
30 30     St Petersburg Castelin 97
31 31     St Petersburg Castelin 98
32 32     Castelin 112
33 33     CNG EA 251, 9 Mar. 2011, lot 303
34 34     Hirsch 168, 22 Nov. 1990, lot 842
35 35     iNumis MBS 6, 7 Nov. 2008, lot 352
36 36     Leeds-UL: 409
37 37     Freiburg: 12706
38 38     Bonn: P.23.6