RPC IX, 2056

 

Image of specimen #2

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus 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)
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
Axis 1, 6, 12
Reference Kadman II 143
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

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