RPC IX, 1861

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 1861
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Syria
City Paltus
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue Year ΗΦ = 508
Dating AD 250
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Γ ΜΕ ΚΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΕΚΙΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Μέσσιος Κυίντος Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Μ(έσσιος) Κυ(ίντος) Τραϊανὸς Δέκιος
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΠΑΛΤΗΝΩΝ, ΦΗ
Edition Παλτηνῶν φηʹ Παλτηνῶν φηʹ
Translation of the Paltans, 508
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing statue of Tyche seated on a rock, left, holding patera and cornucopia; at her feet, river god (Baldas) swimming, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.01 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference Meyer-Zwiffelhoffer 32
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1859/1, 1860/1–10.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1298/D, Seyrig
2 2     P: 1973/215