RPC IX, 1600

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1600
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 radiate, 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 4, 5, 10, 11
Reference Castelin 148–50
Specimens 9 (9 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.199 BMC 34 = Castelin 148b
2 2     L: G.2928 BMC 33, pl. XVIII.13 = Castelin 148a
3 3     P: 2185 Castelin 150
4 4     B: Knobelsdorf Castelin 149c
5 5     Cop SNG 251 = Castelin 149b
6 6     NY
7 7     NY
8 8     ✸ O
9 9     V Castelin 149a, pl. XI