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) 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 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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1908,0110.1607 BMC 163, pl. IV.8, rev.
2 2     L: 1908,0110.1608 BMC 162, pl. IV.7, rev.
3 3     C: Lewis 1839
4 4     NY: 1961.154.121 SNG 828
5 5     O
6 6     Haifa-MA: 1/40 Kadman II 157
7 7     J-MJA: 48/2582 Kadman II 157
8 8     J-MJA: 48/3834 Kadman II 157
9 9     J-MJA: 48/928 Kadman II 157
10 10     IAA Kadman II 157
11 11     IMJ Sofaer 128
12 12     IMJ: 78.02174
13 13     IMJ: 78.02175
14 14     Vat Kadman II 157
15 15     CNG EA 185, 2 Apr. 2008, lot 246
16 16     CNG EA 289, 24 Oct. 2012, lot 264
17 17     CNG EA 344, 11 Feb. 2015, lot 396
18 18     Heritage 3018, 5 Sept. 2012, Shoshanna coll. part 2, lot 20372
19 19     Heritage 357, 9 Sept. 2004, lot 12132