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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/2060 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |