RPC IX, 1674

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1674
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, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
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, 11
Reference McAlee 1147
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1844,0425.1171g BMC 602
2 2     P: 852
3 3     B: 18258959, Alter Bestand
4 4     B: 18258968, 1873 Fox
5 5     G SNG 3096
6 6     NY: 1996.68.1
7 7     O
8 8     Lindgren III, 1172
9 9     McAlle coll. = Mcalee 1147 = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1445
10 10     R. McAlee coll.