RPC IX, 1656

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1656
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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear; below bust: ••••
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 543 (9), McAlee 1119d
Specimens 10 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0907.59
2 2     L: G.2377 BMC 599
3 3     ✸ P: 1990/3079
4 4     NY: 1910.88.35
5 5     NY: 1944.100.59220
6 6     NY: 1944.100.59223
7 7     NY: 1981.40.14
8 8     V: GR 21300
9 9     Dura Excavations 503
10 10     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 776