RPC IX, 1632

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1632
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2, officina 2
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front; below bust: ••
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 7, 12
Reference Prieur 511 (3), McAlee 1118 corr.
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1, 3–4: same obv. die as 1636/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Rauch
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.59237
3 3     V: GR 21293
4 4     Falghera 2423
5 5     McAlee 1118 = Trionfo Jerusalem website, Feb. 2007