RPC IX, 1604

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1604
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ ΓΑΙ ΜΕ ΚΥΙΝ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 12
Reference Prieur 509 (2), McAlee 1112
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: G.2370 BMC 588
3 3     Hess-Leu 41, 24 Apr. 1960, lot 453
4 4     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1112