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
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 radiate, 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 6.46 g
Axis 4, 5, 10, 11
Reference Castelin 148–50
Specimens 9 (9 in the core collections)
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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