RPC IX, 1588

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1588
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
Nominative Imperator 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
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 25 mm
Axis 5, 11
Reference Castelin 133
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1909,0504.62 BMC 25 = Castelin 133, pl. X
2 2     P: 1226, Chandon
3 3     P: 2181
4 4     ✸ NY
5 5     CNG EA 53, 20 Nov. 2002, lot 81