RPC IX, 1597

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1597
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 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 27 mm
Average weight 12.99 g
Axis 5, 10, 11
Reference Castelin 185–8
Specimens 9 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 2195 Castelin 185a, pl. XIII
2 2     B: 17628 Castelin 187
3 3     B: I-B Castelin 188
4 4     B: Rauch Castelin 186, pl. XIII, obv.
5 5     C
6 6     Mu Castelin 185c
7 7     V Castelin 185b
8 8     Kölner Münzkabinett 40, 19 Nov. 1985, lot 1110 = Kölner Münzkabinett 36, 16 Apr. 1984, lot 94
9 9     M&M GmbH 20, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 987 (Righetti)