RPC IX, 2056

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2056
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(O) P (S P)
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) Aug(usta) F(elix) C(oncordia?) Caes(area) Metro(polis) S(yriae) P(alaestinae)
Translation Colony First Flavian Augustan Felix Concordia? Caesarea, metropolis of the province of Syria Palaestina
Reverse design veiled Ceres, wearing kalathos, standing right, holding ears of corn and sceptre entwined with serpent; at right, cista
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 17.34 g
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Kadman II 143
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1925,1111.5 Kadman II 143, p. 205, no. 58, pl. XII
2 2     ✸ IMJ Sofaer 115
3 3     IMJ: 78.02163
4 4     Rosenberger II, p. 78