RPC IX, 1687

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1687
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 3 and 4: bronze city coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩΝ, Δ Ε, S C
Reverse design Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 5, 6
Reference CRS 503, McAlee 1151
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8: same pair of dies. 1–8: same obv. die as 1686/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1841,0730.169 BMC 603
2 2     ✸ P: 1973/206
3 3     P: 854
4 4     C McClean 9418
5 5     G SNG 3097
6 6     Mu SNG 777
7 7     NY: 1996.68.3
8 8     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1151