RPC IX, 1586

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1586
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
Nominative Imperator 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
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
Axis 5, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 88–9
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 29, pl. XVIII.11 = Castelin 89a
2 2     L: G.2926 BMC 28 = Castelin 89c
3 3     P Florange 71, 19 Jan. 1924, lot 100
4 4     B: I-B Castelin 89b
5 5     B: Löbb. Castelin 88
6 6     NY
7 7     O
8 8     N Castelin 89d
9 9     ✸ Hirsch 183, 20 Sept. 1994, lot 1585