RPC IX, 1738

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1738
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 3, officina 4
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 11.27 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference Prieur 583 (19), McAlee 1125d
Specimens 16 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1938,0306.22
2 2     ✸ L: 1938,0306.29
3 3     Mu SNG 93
4 4     NY: 1944.100.59265
5 5     NY: 1944.100.59267
6 6     Yale: 1938.6000.2441 Dura Excavations 517
7 7     Bland III.655
8 8     Bland IV.99
9 9     MünzZentrum 30, 21 Nov. 1977, lot 1242
10 10     MünzZentrum 71, 3 June 1991, lot 533
11 11     MünzZentrum 74, 11 Nov. 1992, lot 357
12 12     MünzZentrum 75, 14 Apr. 1993, lot 91
13 13     NAC B, 25–6, Feb. 1992, lot 2145
14 14     Noble 91, 21 June 2009, lot 3524 = Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction B Feb. 25, 1992, lot 2195
15 15     Prieur coll. = Prieur 583
16 16     Rauch 91, 5 Dec. 2012, lot 655