RPC IX, 2054

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus 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
Reverse design boar standing, right; above, eagle of a legionary standard and vexillum (inscribed ?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Sofaer 149 corr.
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

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)