RPC IX, 1585

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1585
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 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 12.68 g
Axis 6, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 90–3
Specimens 13 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1843,0712.95 BMC 30, pl. XVIII.12 = Castelin 90
2 2     L: G.2927 BMC 31 = Castelin 93
3 3     ✸ P: 1227, Chandon
4 4     B: I-B Castelin 91
5 5     C
6 6     Bern: Righetti 2639
7 7     Harvard: 1982.100.81
8 8     St Petersburg Castelin 92
9 9     Lindgren III, 1568a
10 10     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 983 (Righetti)
11 11     Missere 989
12 12     Leeds-UL: 358
13 13     D. Lowe coll.