RPC IX, 1596

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1596
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus) ; Herennius Etruscus (Caesar)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΚΥ ΕΡ ΕΤΡ Μ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άιος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύιντος) Τρ(αϊανὸς) Δέκιος Σεβ(αστὸς) Κύ(ιντος) Ἑρ(έννιος) Ἐτρ(οῦσκος) Μ(έσσιος) Δέκιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius Caesar
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front, facing bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Etruscus, 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 priest ploughing with two oxen, right, holding staff; above, eagle on palm with wreath in beak; in exergue, river god (Chaboras) swimming
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.53 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Castelin 189–91
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1901,0706.35 BMC 38, pl. XVIII.15 = Castelin 189
2 2     B: I-B Castelin 190b
3 3     A: 83/6227 Castelin 191
4 4     N Castelin 190a