RPC IX, 1599

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1599
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Μ ΚΥ ΤΡΑ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛ ΡΗϹΑΙΝΗϹΙωΝ L III P
Reverse design two turreted and draped busts of Tyche, facing each other; between them, above, eagle with spread wings, below, small altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 10, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 145–7
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 2184 Castelin 146b, pl. XI, rev.
2 2     B: 162/1914 Castelin 147, pl. XI
3 3     B: Löbb. Castelin 146a
4 4     G Castelin 146c = SNG 2469
5 5     ✸ O
6 6     V Castelin 145, pl. XI, rev.
7 7     Lindgren I, 2622
8 8     Freiburg: 12709