RPC IX, 1708

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1708
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 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 27 mm
Average weight 12.21 g
Axis 1, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 579 (33), McAlee 1125b
Specimens 25 (12 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2382 BMC 591
2 2     P: 806
3 3     C McClean 9414
4 4     C: Mossop
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.59258
6 6     NY: 1944.100.59259
7 7     NY: 1944.100.59260
8 8     NY: 1944.100.59261
9 9     NY: 1980.109.78
10 10     NY: 1981.40.16
11 11     NY: 1990.23.18
12 12     V: GR 21294
13 13     Bland IV.92
14 14     Bland IV.93
15 15     Bland IV.94
16 16     Bland IV.95
17 17     CNG 45, 18 Mar. 1998, lot 986
18 18     CNG 45, 18 Mar. 1998, lot 986
19 19     CNG EA 125, 26 Oct. 2005, lot 150
20 20     CNG EA 154, 13 Dec. 2006, lot 128
21 21     CNG EA 253, 6 Apr. 2011, lot 261
22 22     Dura Excavations 515
23 23     Emporium Hamburg 72, 13 Nov. 2014, lot 698
24 24     Missere 858
25 25     MünzZentrum 43, 27 Apr. 1981, lot 590