RPC IX, 2052

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2052
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP C C MES Q TRA DECIVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) C(aesar) G(aius) Mes(sius) Q(uintus) Tra(ianus) Decius Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL PR F AVG F C CAES METR P S P
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metr(opolis) p(rovinciae) S(yriae) P(alaestinae)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis of the province of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design Apollo standing left, wearing chlamys, holding branch, left elbow on tripod entwined by serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 17.38 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference BMC 148, Kadman II 133
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.1612 BMC 148
2 2     NY: 1944.100.68976 SNG 824
3 3     IMJ Sofaer 110
4 4     IMJ: 78.02159
5 5     ✸ Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, Shoshanna coll. part 2, lot 20368