RPC IX, 1601

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1601
Province Mesopotamia
Region Mesopotamia
City Rhesaena
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ Μ Κ ΤΡ 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 eagle, spreading wings, head left, standing on vexillum (inscribed L III P), holding wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 151–6
Specimens 24 (17 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1847,1101.256 BMC 35, pl. XVIII.14 = Castelin 152a
2 2     L: G.2929 BMC 36 = Castelin 154
3 3     P: 1229, Chandon
4 4     P: 2186 Castelin 152c
5 5     P: RF 7765/15
6 6     B
7 7     B: Fox
8 8     B: Löbb. Castelin 156a, pl. XI, rev
9 9     C
10 10     Cop SNG 252 = Castelin 155b
11 11     G Castelin 156b = SNG 2470
12 12     G Castelin 156b = SNG 2471
13 13     Mu
14 14     Mu
15 15     Mu
16 16     NY
17 17     V Castelin 155a, pl. XI, rev.
18 18     Gotha Castelin 151b
19 19     Gotha Castelin 152b
20 20     Gotha Castelin 155d
21 21     N Castelin 151a, pl. XI
22 22     N Castelin 155c
23 23     ✸ CNG EA 224, 16 Dec. 2009, lot 496
24 24     Lindgren III, 1569