RPC IX, 1605

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1605
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 ΔΕΚΚΙΟϹ 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 28 mm
Axis 6
Reference Prieur 500 (15), McAlee 1106f
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1991,1203.1 Amman hoard no. 22
2 2     ✸ P: 828
3 3     NY: 1944.100.59203
4 4     Bland III.624
5 5     Dura Excavations 474
6 6     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1106f
7 7     Prieur coll. = Prieur 500
8 8     Rauch E-14, 14 Dec. 2013, lot 425
9 9     Stephen Album Rare Coins 15, 18 Jan. 2013, lot 60
10 10     V: GR 21295