RPC IX, 2050


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	IX
Number	2050
Province	Syria Palaestina
Region	Samaria
City	Caesarea Maritima
Reign	Trajan Decius
Person (obv.)	Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP C C MESS Q TRA DE[ ]
Edition	Imp(erator) C(aesar) C(aius) Mess(ius) Q(uintus) Trai(anus) De(cius) [---]
Translation	Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius ---
Obverse design	radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	[ ]
Edition	[---]
Translation	[---]
Reverse design	Tyche standing left, parazonium at waist, foot on uncertain object (prow or rock?), holding human bust and long sceptre; at her feet, right, swimming river god
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	28 mm
Average weight	21.42 g
Specimens	1 (0 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				MünzZentrum 70, 5 Dec. 1990, lot 622	28	21.42		the rev. reads H[ ]N ETRVSCILLA A[ ] but it is probably due to an overstrike on a coin of Etruscilla	Show