RPC IX, 1584

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1584
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέ(σσιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius 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 13.74 g
Axis 5, 11
Reference Castelin 81
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1843,0712.95A BMC 32, pl. XVIII.18 = Castelin 81a
2 2     B: Fox Castelin 81c
3 3     ✸ Mu Castelin 81b
4 4     Hirsch 186, 10 May 1995, lot 1384
5 5     M&M GmbH 27, 28 May 2008, lot 2292 = Peus 357, 28 Oct. 1998, lot 657
6 6     CGT coll.