RPC IX, 2

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2
Province Moesia Superior
Region Moesia
City Viminacium
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Issue AN XI
Dating AD 249/50
Obverse inscription IMP TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Traianus Decius Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Trajan Decius, Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription P M S COL VIM, AN XI
Edition P(rovincia) M(oesia) S(uperior) col(onia) Vim(inacium) an(no) XI
Translation Province of Moesia Superior, colony Viminacium, in the year 11
Reverse design Moesia standing left; at left, bull standing right; at right, lion standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 14.15 g
Axis 1, 2, 6, 7, 12
Reference AMNG 125
Specimens 49 (23 in the core collections)
Note Martin 3.05.1, pl. III, rev., records a ‘pseudo-medaillon’ of 31 mm, 24.56 g

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