RPC IX, 1662

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1662
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2, officina 5
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 26 mm
Axis 5, 12
Reference Prieur 545 (9), McAlee 1119e
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 822
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.59224
3 3     Dura Excavations 504
4 4     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1119e
5 5     MünzZentrum 67, 7 Nov. 1989, lot 1686
6 6     Prieur coll. = Prieur 545
7 7     Rauch 53, 28 Nov. 1994, lot 427