RPC IX, 1587


Image of specimen #17

Coin type
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Volume	IX
Number	1587
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	Tyche standing left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia; above, eagle on palm with wreath in beak; at left, palm; sometimes at right, another palm
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	26 mm
Average weight	12.01 g
Axis	3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference	Castelin 125–32, 134–43
Specimens	32 (21 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1	L	BMC 26 = Castelin 130	27	10.55	11		Show
2	2	L: 1844,1015.276	BMC 24, pl. XVIII.10 = Castelin 132a	26	10.35	5	palm at r.	Show
3	3	L: 1847,1101.295	BMC 22 = Castelin 137	27	15.05	10	palm at r.	Show
4	4	L: G.2923	BMC 23 = Castelin 131	27	12.28	11	palm at r.	Show
5	5	P: 2180	Castelin 125, pl. X	27	12.50	12		Show
6	6	P: F 7762, Boudeau	Castelin 135	26	11.34	12		Show
7	7	B: 5209		26	11.06	11		Show
8	8	B: I-B	Castelin 142	26	11.56	11	another palm at r.	Show
9	9	B: Knobelsdorf		26	9.50	5		Show
10	10	B: Löbb.	Castelin 141, pl. X, rev.	26	11.73	11	altar as caryatid Victory; another palm at r.	Show
11	11	C		27	13.63	11		Show
12	12	Cop	SNG 249 = Castelin 128a	26	12.04	10		Show
13	13	G	Castelin 127 = SNG 2467	28	14.47	11	palm at r.	Show
14	14	G	Castelin 128b = SNG 2468	26	11.36	12		Show
15	15	Mu		26	9.96	12		Show
16	16	Mu		26	11.19	12		Show
17	17 ✸	NY		26	11.60	11		Show
18	18	NY		26	14.00	11		Show
19	19	O		26	11.60	11		Show
20	20	O		27	11.79	10		Show
21	21	V	Castelin 140, pl. X	26	11.10	11	altar as caryatid Victory	Show
22	22	Gotha	Castelin 138a	26			palm at r.	Show
23	23	Milan	SNG 135	25	13.03	6		Show
24	24	N	Castelin 134	25	10.60		palm at r.	Show
25	25	N	Castelin 143	26	11.53			Show
26	26	St Petersburg	Castelin 138b	25	14.02	11	palm at r.	Show
27	27	St Petersburg	Castelin 139	26	13.67	3	palm at r.	Show
28	28		Castelin 126	26	10.37			Show
29	29		CNG EA 144, 26 July 2006, lot 225	27	12.91			Show
30	30		CNG EA 160, 14 Mar. 2007, lot 263	25	14.07			Show
31	31		MünzZentrum 102, 3 May 2000, lot 189	26	12.60			Show
32	32	Freiburg: 12708		26	10.95	5		Show