RPC IX, 1581

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1581
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 and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, 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, river god (Chaboras) swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.51 g
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 113–9
Specimens 17 (11 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 12 = Castelin 119a
2 2     L BMC 14, pl. XVIII.7 = Castelin 115
3 3     L: 1841,0730.198 BMC 11 = Castelin 113
4 4     P: 1966/453, Delepierre
5 5     P: 2177
6 6     B: I-B
7 7     C McClean 9558
8 8     NY
9 9     O
10 10     V Castelin 119b
11 11     A: 6227A Castelin 114
12 12     Gotha Castelin 116
13 13     Milan SNG 130
14 14     Milan SNG 131
15 15     Hirsch 186, 10 May 1995, lot 1385
16 16     M&M GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2293 = MünzZentrum 74, 11 Nov. 1992, lot 462 = Peus 357, 28 Oct. 1998, lot 656
17 17     NY