RPC IX, 1692

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1692
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 3, officina 1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μέ(σσιος) Κύ(ϊντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear; below bust: •
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Edition Δημαρχ(ικῆς) Ἐξουσίας S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation holder of the tribunitian power, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, right, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.93 g
Axis 5, 6, 10, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 577 (29), McAlee 1125a
Specimens 19 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1938,0306.28
2 2     L: 1938,0306.34
3 3     P: 805
4 4     C SNG 5919
5 5     NY: 1944.100.59254
6 6     NY: 1944.100.59255
7 7     NY: 1944.100.59256
8 8     A: 6124g
9 9     Baldwin’s Markov M&M Ltd The New York Sale VII, 15 Jan. 2004, lot 225
10 10     Bland IV.89
11 11     Bland IV.90
12 12     CNG 53, 15 Mar. 2000, lot 964
13 13     CNG EA 253, 6 Apr. 2011, lot 260
14 14     Dura Excavations 514
15 15     Künker 226, 11 Mar. 2013, lot 928
16 16     MünzZentrum 135, 10 Jan. 2007, lot 338
17 17     MünzZentrum 161, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 305
18 18     Prieur coll. = Prieur 577
19 19     Roma Numismatics EA 8, 31 May 2014, lot 469