RPC IX, 1606

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1606
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 front
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 7, 12
Reference Prieur 496–7 (3), McAlee 1109
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1853,1006.28 BMC 589
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.59202 McAlee 1109b
3 3     McAlee Supplement 1109 = VAuctions 221, 5 Feb. 2009