RPC IX, 1579

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1579
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
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 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, wreath between two palms
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.45 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference Castelin 120–2
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.483c BMC 15 = Castelin 121b
2 2     B: Löbb. Castelin 120a
3 3     ✸ G Castelin 121a = SNG 2465
4 4     G Castelin 122 = SNG 2466
5 5     V Castelin 120b
6 6     Harvard: 1982.100.83
7 7     Castelin 120c
8 8     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 985 (Righetti)
9 9     Leeds-UL: 410