RPC IX, 2060

 

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Coin type
Volume IX
Number 2060
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) C(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 MET(R) (S) (P)
Edition col(onia) Pr(ima) F(lavia) 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 two eagles addorsed, each head reverted and holding wreath in beak; between, them, vexillum (inscribed ?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Average weight 18.74 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference BMC 162–3, Kadman II 157
Specimens 19 (5 in the core collections)

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