RPC IX, 1583

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1583
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 two Tychai standing facing each other, joining right hands; at left, a statue on column; between them, lighted altar; above, eagle on palm; at right, centaur Sagittarius holding bow; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.46 g
Axis 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 82–7
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2182 Castelin 87b
2 2     P: 2183 Castelin 84, pl. VIII
3 3     B: 5276
4 4     B: 717/1900
5 5     Cop SNG 248 = Castelin 82
6 6     NY
7 7     ✸ NY
8 8     Milan SNG 137
9 9     N Castelin 85
10 10     St Petersburg Castelin 86
11 11     Yale: Dura Castelin 87I
12 12     Lindgren I, 2620
13 13     CGT coll.