RPC IX, 1720

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1720
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 3, officina 3
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Nominative Imperator 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
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, left, spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Prieur 580 (20), McAlee 1126c
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1860,0327.119 BMC 581
2 2     NY: 1944.100.59285
3 3     NY: 1948.19.1957
4 4     Bland IV.96
5 5     Dura Excavations 508
6 6     McAlee coll. = McAlee 1126c
7 7     Prieur coll. = Prieur 580