RPC IX, 1601

 

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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
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κ(ύϊντος) Τρ(αϊανὸς) 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
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
Average weight 3.42 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Castelin 151–6
Specimens 24 (17 in the core collections)
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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