RPC IX, 1670

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1670
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2, officina 7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜƐ ΚΥ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear; below bust: Ζ (sometimes retrograde)
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, l., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 5, 6, 7, 12
Reference Prieur 548 (18), McAlee 1120g
Specimens 14 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1938,0306.30
2 2     P: 826
3 3     B
4 4     ✸ NY: 1944.100.59248
5 5     NY: 1944.100.59249
6 6     NY: 1981.40.14
7 7     A: 6124d
8 8     Capharnaum 68
9 9     Capharnaum 69
10 10     CNG 85, 15 Sept. 2010, lot 642
11 11     CNG EA 137, 12 Apr. 2006, lot 106 = Harmer Rooke, 13 Dec. 1972, lot 1884
12 12     Dura Excavations 499
13 13     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1120g
14 14     Schulman, 6 June 1969, lot 2556