RPC IX, 1628

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1628
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2, officina 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέ(σσιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Δέκιος Τραϊανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, with balteus (and, often, side of drapery), seen from front; below bust: •
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) Ἐξουσίας S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 12.10 g
Axis 6
Reference Prieur 513 (5), McAlee 1123
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Bland III.650, pl. 9.650
2 2     CNG 26, 11 June 1993, lot 611
3 3     ✸ CNG EA 329, 25 June 2014, lot 291
4 4     Hirsch 167, 26 Sept. 1990, lot 1317
5 5     MünzZentrum 36, 7 Nov. 1979, lot 115
6 6     Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 15, 16 Apr. 2014, lot 510