RPC IX, 1726

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1726
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 ΜƐ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔƐΚΙΟϹ ϹƐΒ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Augustus
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Decius, l., seen from front, with gorgoneion on cuirass; below bust: •••
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ƐΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ, S C
Reverse design eagle standing on palm, r., spreading wings, holding wreath in beak
Metal Debased silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Reference Prieur 556 (1), McAlee 1142
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Hirsch 163, 27–30 Sept. 1989, lot 1218