RPC IX, 1705

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1705
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 3, officina 2
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 radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, left, seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass; 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, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.33 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Prieur 554, 554A (8), McAlee 1145
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same obv. die.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1930,0619.1
2 2     NY: 1944.100.59306
3 3     Yale: 1938.6000.743 Dura Excavations 530
4 4     Capharnaum 31, pl. I.12 = A. Spijkerman, Catalogo delle monete della citta’ (Jerusalem, 1975), no. 980, pl. IV.12
5 5     CNG EA 137, 12 Apr. 2006, lot 107 = Harmer Rooke, 13 Dec. 1972, lot 1884
6 6     ✸ CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1348 = Lanz 158, 5 June 2014, lot 635
7 7     Solidus, EA 6, 19 July 2015, lot 225