RPC IX, 1760

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1760
Province Syria Coele
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Group 3, officina 6
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: Ϛ (sometimes retrograde)
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 12.03 g
Axis 4, 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference Prieur 587 (21), McAlee 1125f
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.2385 BMC 590
2 2     C SNG 5919
3 3     NY: 1944.100.59266
4 4     NY: 1944.100.59269
5 5     NY: 1944.100.59270
6 6     NY: 1995.11.1319
7 7     NY: 1995.11.1320
8 8     O
9 9     ✸ CNG EA 165, 30 May 2007, lot 176 = McAlee 1125f Supplement
10 10     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1252
11 11     Dura Excavations 519
12 12     MünzZentrum 88, 7 Jan. 1997, lot 268
13 13     Noble 99, 17 Apr. 2012, lot 3703 = Noble 95, 23 Nov. 2010, lot 5306