RPC IX, 2054

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2054
Province Syria Palaestina
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Trajan Decius
Person (obv.) Trajan Decius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP [C C M(E)S 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 C(O)L P(R) F(L) AVG F C CAES MET(R) (S) P
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) Fl(avia) Aug(usta) F(elix?) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) metr(opolis) S(yriae) P(alaestinae)
Translation the first Flavian colony of Augusta Felix(?) Concordia(?), Caesarea, metropolis of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design boar standing, right; above, eagle of a legionary standard and vexillum (inscribed ?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 15.98 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sofaer 149 corr.
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 149 (as Etruscus) = CNG MBS 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1066 = CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1252
2 2     J-SBF Kadman II 186, p. 210, no. 75/1 as Etruscus)
3 3     Rosenberger II, 153 (as Etruscus)