RPC IX, 1589

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1589
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 and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
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, an other palm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.90 g
Axis 5, 11
Reference Castelin 144
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox Castelin 144
2 2     ✸ O