RPC IX, 1655

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1655
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2, officina 4
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 laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear; 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 12.01 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 529 (24), McAlee 1113d
Specimens 19 (9 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1938,0306.13
2 2     P: 815
3 3     G SNG 3087
4 4     NY: 1943.128.19
5 5     NY: 1944.100.59211
6 6     NY: 1944.100.59212
7 7     NY: 1944.100.59213
8 8     NY: 1981.40.19
9 9     V: GR 21296
10 10     Bland III.640
11 11     Bland III.641
12 12     CNG EA 139, 10 May 2006, lot 200 = Craig A. Whitford, 28 Nov. 1994, lot 88
13 13     CNG EA 241, 29 Sept. 2010, lot 216
14 14     Dura Excavations 489
15 15     Elsen 85, 10 Sept. 2005, lot 495
16 16     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1113c
17 17     Prieur coll. = Prieur 529
18 18     Roma Numismatics EA 8, 31 May 2014, lot 470
19 19     Freiburg: 12375