RPC IX, 1673

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1673
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 2: city coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε, S C
Reverse design veiled and draped bust of Tyche, right; above, ram running right, looking left; star below bust
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 4, 5, 6
Reference CRS 501a, McAlee 1149
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18257626, Knobelsdorf
2 2     Cop SNG 283
3 3     ✸ V: GR 21565
4 4     Newcastle SNG 769
5 5     CNG 49, 17 Mar. 1999, lot 1096
6 6     Hirsch 160, 23–5 Nov. 1988, lot 625
7 7     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 658
8 8     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1149
9 9     Freiburg: 12377