RPC IX, 2049

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2049
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C MESS Q TRAI[ANVS] AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) C(aius) Mess(ius) Q(uintus) Traianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Caius Messius Quintus Trajan Augustus
Obverse design radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL P F AVG [F C CAES METROP]
Edition col(onia) P(rima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metrop(olis)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis
Reverse design Fortuna standing left, holding human bust and long sceptre; below, on each side, two figures (Tychai?) standing facing each other; between them, two bulls and altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 24.93 g
Axis 6
Reference Kadman II 124
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. is worn on https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/18069, but it is most probably the same rev. die as https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/5683/https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/18020

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Haifa-MA: 1/31 Kadman II 124, p. 203, no. 52, pl. X