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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor 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
Edition Σεπ(τιμία) κολ(ωνία) Ῥησαινησίων l(egio) III P(arthica)
Translation the Septimian colony of Rhesaenians, 3rd Parthian legion
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
Average weight 6.59 g
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